Chagall and his Circle brings together a small select group of works primarily from private collections and museums abroad that have not been seen in London before. The exhibition is a forerunner to a substantial L'Ecole de Paris exhibition planned for 2007/2008.

These works take the audience from Russia through Eastern Europe to Paris where L'Ecole de Paris flourished and was a huge influence on the world's art movements and art collectors during the first half of the twentieth century.

Five works by Chagall, covering his long active life and diverse practice including two oils; 'Liberation' which is the smaller version of the seminal work in the Pompidou Centre and a unique still life, and a signed etching of his famous portrait of a Rabbi.

Ischer Ryback's oil 'Stilleben', from 1925, is an important example from this period between Russia and Berlin where he experimented with the use of montage and relief. This work represents attributes of power and wealth.

Chana Orloff's magnificent 'L'Accordeoniste, Per Krogh' from 1929, has not been exhibited before in the UK. It was last seen at the L'Ecole de Paris 1904 - 1929 exhibition at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris 2000/2001. Chaim Soutine is represented by 'Deux Enfants' oil on canvas that is representational of Soutine's boldness of colour and composition.

This exhibition runs simultaneously with a selling exhibition of Chagall's two Bible series which is Ben Uri Enterprises Ltd.'s first commercial venture, in association with Goldmark Gallery, to raise funds for the museum.

The landscape painting featured above is also for sale. Moise Kisling (1891-1953), ‘Paysage de Gloucester’, oil on canvas. Please contact Frost and Reed for details.

Click here for more information about the selling exhibition

Click here for more information from Ben Uri Chairman David Glasser

Click here for more information from Chagall biographer Monica Bohm-Duchen

Admission: Adult £3/Conc £2 Free BU Friends & NACF Members

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE ONLY OPEN DURING OUR EXHIBITIONS UNLESS CLEARLY STATED. UNFORTUNATELY THE PERMANENT COLLECTION IS NOT ON CONTINUOUS DISPLAY

Image Credits:

Marc Chagall, Lovers & Flowers, oil on panel, 82 x 72 cm, signed, 1925, Private Collection

Marc Chagall, Rabbin, colour etching & aquatint, 49.3 x 38.2 cm, signed numbered 81/100, 1937, Private Collection

Issacher Ber Ryback, Stilleben, oil relief and montage on canvas laid on board, 91.5 x 76 cm, signed lower left, titled, signed and dates 1925 verso, Private Collection

Moise Kisling, Paysage de Gloucester, oil on canvas, 26.5 x 40.5 cm, signed inscribed and dated: à Herman Elkon amicalement Kisling Gloucester 1941 (II), FROST & REED, 2-4 King Street, St James's, London SW1Y 6QP

Chaim Soutine, Deux Enfants, oil on canvas, 37 x 26 cm, Signed, Private Collection

Marc Chagall, Liberation, oil on canvas, 61 x 36.5 cm, signed, Private Collection

Events during Chagall exhibition:

Sunday 5th June
Friends Open Day for Chagall and his Circle exhibition
Chagall biographer Monica Bohm - Duchen will host the day with a tour at 4.30pm
12pm - 6pm FREE Admission

Thursday 9 June
Ben Uri Gallery Kids Club
Please contact Ben Uri Gallery for further details
£3 per child per session
3:45 - 4:45pm
shelly@benuri.org.uk

Tuesday 21st June
Brother Antony Grant
Marc Chagall's stain glass windows at Stephen's Church Mainz, Germany
7pm £3/£2 FREE - BU Friends & NACF

Thursday 23 June
Ben Uri Gallery Kids Club
Please contact Ben Uri Gallery for further details
£3 per child per session
3:45 - 4:45pm

Sunday 3rd July
Irene Wise - Guided Tour of Chagall exhibition
3pm £3/£2 FREE - BU Friends & NACF

Thursday 7 July
Ben Uri Gallery Kids Club
Please contact Ben Uri Gallery for further details
£3 per child per session
3:45 - 4:45pm

Sunday 17 July
Sunday Tour of Chagall and his Circle exhibition - Rabbi Jason Demant
Art: What is its place and value within Jewish Tradition?
How has art been viewed by the Rabbis through the ages. Does the Jewish tradition see a value in art and what value should a Jewish school place upon it in its curriculum?
4pm £3/£2 FREE - BU Friends & NACF

Sunday 24th July
Irene Wise - Guided Tour of Chagall Exhibition
3pm £3/£2 FREE - BUY Friends & NACF

Wednesday 28th July
Chagall biographer Monica Bohm - Duchen Guided Tour of Chagall exhibition
6.30pm £3/£2 FREE - BU Friends & NACF

Sunday 31st July
Irene Wise - Guided Tour of Chagall exhibition
3pm £3/£2 FREE - BU Friends & NACF