Art History - Marc Chagall

Our Specials schedule this year is

Mon - Art History

Tue - Philosophy

Wed - Structured Word Inquiry

Thu - Letter Writing

In my Art History 2024-2025 blog post, I decided October would be Marc Chagall. Here are some resources and my planning notes:

Marc Chagall
1887 - 1985

Marc Chagall (Art for Children)
by Ernest Raboff

Tell Us a Story, Papa Chagall
by Laurence Anholt

Dreamer from the Village: The Story of Marc Chagall
by Michelle Markel

I Am Marc Chagall
by Bimba Landmann

Journey on a Cloud: A Children's Book Inspired by Marc Chagall
by Veronique Massenot

also
Art History Kids - The Studio - August 2019

"The fiddler on the roof was a recurring theme in Chagall's art. These paintings were the inspiration for the title and the look and feel of the famous Broadway musical, 'The Fiddler on the Roof,'" Lotus writes.

Marc Chagall - part 3
blog post with wonderful images!

Marc Chagall, Paris Through The Window

America Windows (Panel 1)

Stained Glass Window assignment from Art History Kids, p.37
use translucent polypropylene Yupo paper

Alcohol Inks on Yupo Paper video
blending solution: 1 oz 91% rubbing alcohol + 1 drop glycerin

I recommend joining Lotus Stewart's Art History Kids website (The Studio) and getting access to her past lesson plans. I like her work, and find it's really helpful to have so many ideas that I can use as a jumping off point.

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week of Sep 30:

Tue

read Journey on a Cloud: A Children's Book Inspired by Marc Chagall by Veronique Massenot, to pique children's interest in our new artist!

week of Oct 7:

Mon

AM - describe the art movements that influenced Chagall:
Cubism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Surrealism (Art History Kids, p.21)

look at Art History Kids, pp.5-13

Green Violinist (1923-24)

Birthday (1915)

Paris Through the Window (1913)

The Hen with the Golden Eggs (1927)

Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers (1913)

Over the Town (1918)

The Blue Circus (1950)

Midsummer Night's Dream (1939)

I and the Village (1911)


read Marc Chagall (Art for Children) by Ernest Raboff

Green Violinist (1923-24)

Midsummer Night's Dream (1939)

Three Candles (1938)

I and the Village (1911)

The Poet (1911)

Three Acrobats (1926)

Vase of Flowers, By Moonlight (1943)

Paris Through the Window (1913)

The Acrobat (1914)

Peasant Life (1925)

Birthday (1915)

Time Is a River Without Banks (1928)

Violinist (1912-13)


decorate the cover of a small book and start keeping a dream journal
(scissors, glue stick, pictures cut out from old books and magazines)


PM - read Tell Us a Story, Papa Chagall

look at I and the Village (1911)

set out a display of our wooden animals

paint an animal of your choice... but in the wrong color!
(painting boards, watercolor paper / brushes / paint, rinse water jars)

week of Oct 14:

Mon

read "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories retold by Angela McAllister



look at Midsummer Night's Dream (1939)

paint a Chagall-inspired image from the Russian creation myth, First Man Becomes the Devil: Ulgen the Creator, from In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World retold by Virginia Hamilton

Tue

read Firebird retold by Saviour Pirotta

Thu

use Box of 20 Chagall Notecards in Letter Writing

week of Oct 21:

Mon

AM - read Dreamer from the Village: The Story of Marc Chagall

look at Birthday (1915)

quote from Art History Kids, p.26

paint a picture of yourself where you are so happy you are flying (can be a birthday memory or other)


PM - read The Goose and the Golden Egg (PDF)

look at The Hen with the Golden Eggs (1927)

act out the story and then paint it

later in the week:
explain references to Judaism that children may not understand
(Passover: Haggadah, opening the door for the prophet Elijah)

week of Oct 28:

Mon

AM - read I Am Marc Chagall by Bimba Landmann

from book review:
"Bimba Landmann illustrated this book with found-object collages that DO NOT duplicate Chagall's work, but still manage to evoke that Chagall quality."

create a dream collage

look back at your dream journal for a source of inspiration

creative options: use gouache, paint on old sheets


PM - look at The Blue Circus (1950)

create and perform circus acts

do a collaborative circus collage using cut pictures from old magazines and books

Note: There were two picture books I purchased but returned. I do not recommend Marc Chagall: Life is a Dream by Britta Hoepler or Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall's Life and Art by Barb Rosenstock.

In addition to the Art History lesson for my regular school group (age 7-13), I'll have a Monday afternoon Art History class for early childhood (age 5-7). I think the "littles" will love Marc Chagall!

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