The artwork titled “The Island of Poros,” created by Marc Chagall in 1980 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, is a lithography on paper piece. Belonging to the Naïve Art (Primitivism) movement, this symbolic painting measures 63.5 by 47 centimeters.
In the artwork, Marc Chagall employs a characteristically whimsical and dreamlike style. The scene is composed primarily of a fantastical celestial environment, with a sky filled with soft, cloud-like formations amidst a myriad of ethereal figures and symbols. The central figures include an angelic being with wings and another human form. Both figures appear to be in a state of floating or flying, enhancing the surreal and otherworldly atmosphere. A fantastical creature, resembling a bird with human-like qualities, adds to the symbolic depth of the piece. Surrounding these central elements, there are various smaller human faces, animals, and natural elements, like trees, interwoven into the composition. The gentle color palette, dominated by blues and hints of greens and whites, evokes a serene yet mystifying ambiance, characteristic of Chagall’s lyrical and poetic visual language.
