“The Flying Clown” is a 1981 oil on canvas painting by Marc Chagall, created in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France. Executed in the Naïve Art (Primitivism) style, the artwork spans dimensions of 100 x 81 cm and belongs to the genre painting category. Currently, it resides at Museo Botero in Bogotá, Colombia.
The artwork showcases a whimsical and dreamlike composition characteristic of Chagall’s poetic and vibrant style. It features an acrobatically posed figure suspended in mid-air, surrounded by a vividly colored backdrop of animated spectators and fantastical elements. Two prominent figures, a man and a woman, stand at the center, with the man seeming to support the woman delicately as she gazes into the distance. Their surroundings are imbued with celebratory and musical motifs, including a violin-playing character in the lower left corner. The exaggerated and imaginative forms, alongside the fluidly applied colors, contribute to the piece’s enchanting and almost surreal atmosphere, representing a blend of reality and fantasy typical in Chagall’s oeuvre.
