The name Marc Chagall is firmly associated with painting - recognizable flying figures, local scenes, stained glass. But in his creative biography, there is a lesser-known chapter - ceramics.

In 1948, already a recognized artist, Chagall decided to master pottery. For this, he went to the French Riviera and rented a studio in the town of Vence. The choice of location was not accidental: nearby lived Pablo Picasso, also fascinated by ceramics at that time - he worked in the 'Madura' workshop in Vallauris.
Two masters, who had known each other for a long time, occasionally met to work together with clay and paints. For Chagall, accustomed to the canvas, ceramics became a new language: the same images - lovers, animals, biblical motifs - here acquired volume and a different texture.

There are records of this collaborative creative process, as well as the products themselves - plates painted by Chagall, in which his style is recognizable, transferred to an unusual material. This episode shows Chagall not only as a painter but also as an artist constantly seeking new forms of expression - even while already in mature age and at the peak of recognition.