Homage to the spiritual home of Father Chagall No. 5

In the chosen combination of marble, you can feel a storm of emotions: an expressive sky, cut with unusual lines. Beautiful marble surprisingly accurately "predicts" the fate of the Jewish people, as well as the future of the Vitebsk synagogue. The warm earth on which the dilapidated building stands supports it with its energy, slows down its destruction, and tries to preserve the warm home of its people. But time is merciless to everything...and only the light gold figures of Mark and Bella demonstrate the undying connection of their kind with the passing generation. The memory will always keep the warmest moments and events of the past days.

Mark's father often took his son to this synagogue to learn to think, to live, but first of all to pray. From the age of five, the boy attended school, where he was taught prayers and the Law of God. The study, which began at the age of thirteen, did not bring much pleasure to the future genius: Mark was then a stutterer. Despite the desire to draw, his parents did not support his idea, his father – in particular, because Jews have very developed musical abilities, a craving for science, but not for painting. But despite the differences, he gave his son money for training, even if he threw it out the window, forcing his son to collect it from the street. And here we can draw a parallel. It seems that thanks to such an emotionally offensive act for both sides, the spiritual home of Father Chagall did not collapse, did not turn into dust, because the father, to the best of his understanding, supported the uncertain beginnings of the young genius.

 

Technique	Combining several varieties of onyx and marble
Material	Gilding material, semi-precious onyx, Italian marble
Size/weight	71 x 71 cm / average 30 kg