Musée National Marc Chagall

Any Chagall fan should pay a visit to the Musée National Marc Chagall in Nice. The museum has the world's biggest collection of Chagall's work, which includes everything from practice drawings to full-scale paintings. The Bible Illustrations, a collection of remarkable paintings inspired by pivotal events from the Old Testament and reflecting Chagall's own Jewish ancestry, are on display at the museum. The artworks on display depict religious characters and scenes which Chagall developed for The Bible Illustrations series after spending time immersing himself in the Holy Land of Israel in the 1930s and, later, studying Rembrandt’s biblical paintings in Amsterdam between the wars.

The museum was founded during the artist's lifetime with the help of Minister of Culture André Malraux and opened in 1973. It's also known as the "National Museum Marc Chagall Biblical Message" ("Musée national message biblique Marc Chagall") since it features a set of seventeen paintings by Chagall that illustrate the biblical message and were donated to the French government in 1966. The books of Genesis, Exodus, and Song of Songs are depicted in this series.

Location: Avenue du Docteur Ménard, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 06000

Website: musees-nationaux-alpesmaritimes.fr/chagall/en