The artwork titled “Marching” was created by Marc Chagall in 1915 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. This piece belongs to the Expressionism art movement and falls under the genre of genre painting.
In “Marching,” vivid, almost dreamlike colors dominate the canvas, portraying a scene that’s both surreal and dynamic. Central to the composition is a figure of a man, dressed in a dark outfit, marching with a pronounced gait. His leg is extended in a high step as he moves past a small yellow house with a red roof, his angular arm and open hand adding to the sense of movement. A secondary figure, a woman, stands to the side, watching the marching man with an air of subdued curiosity. The background’s swirling blues and whites evoke a turbulent sky, lending the piece a heightened emotional intensity characteristic of Expressionism.
