This serene painting le poète allongé captures a touching moment in the life of Marc Chagall, one of Russia’s greatest unconventional artists and his wife Bella Rosenfeld.
Completed during their honeymoon in 1915, it shows the artist reclining dreamily in front of the family’s dacha. He lies stretched on the grass, his body dramatically elongated, with the vast majority of the picture taken up with a violet sky and green pine forest landscape, home to a modest farmhouse and its animals.
Here is my second offering in this prompt at Heeding Haiku with Ha, a positive and dreamy version.
(haiku)
rosa bella
blushing bride sighs
lone pig squeals
~
time stands still
illicit dreams arouse
the old mare snorts
~
an artist’s vision
canvas scented pine
purple brush strokes
© Tournesol ’15
You have painted such a beautiful haibun and haiku series. Love each of these.
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Thanks, Janice, I got carried away with the history in my first posting but this reflects more (I think) the moment.
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“purple brush strokes”: Love that.
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Thank you:)
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Such perfect words painting a delightful story.
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Thank you, Brenda. I hope I came close to his thoughts in this painting:)
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What an interesting interpretation of the painting .. I enjoyed this very much.
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Bella was Chagall`s first wife and this is the place they had honeymooned in their motherland, Russia.
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I didn’t know that … nice to pick up these nice bits of info.
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Fortunately he left Russia and moved to France and continued painting.
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True and painted some extraordinary pictures too.
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He really did such beautiful masterpieces.
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I agree … I should like to pick one of his paintings to illustrate a poem!
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Great Idea, cara! I look forward to reading that.
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Now, I just have to remember to do that!
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Yes, well, that is another issue…lol
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I wrote myself an e-mail so I’ll remember when I read it 😉
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Oh I do that too:) great idea!!
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