The artwork titled “Russian Village,” created by Marc Chagall in 1929 in Paris, France, is an oil on canvas painting that measures 73 x 92 cm. The piece belongs to the Naïve Art (Primitivism) movement and is classified as a cityscape. It currently resides in a private collection.
The artwork depicts a wintery scene of a Russian village, characterized by snow-covered rooftops and buildings with a distinctive architectural style. The perspective and scale are whimsical, with some houses appearing tilted. Notably, a person riding a sleigh pulled by a horse floats above the village, adding an element of surrealism. The muted color palette, dominated by shades of grey and white, evokes the starkness of winter. The overall effect is both enchanting and dreamlike, typical of Chagall’s Naïve Art style.
