Marc Chagall Geit

For Marc Chagall, the goat was a deeply personal symbol of faith, love, and vitality — drawn from his Jewish heritage and memories of rural life in Vitebsk. Appearing beside lovers, musicians, and angels, Chagall’s goats embody innocence and spiritual harmony, bridging the earthly and the divine. In works like I and the Village (Centre Pompidou, Paris) and The Green Violinist (Art Institute of Chicago), the goat becomes a lyrical emblem of renewal, imagination, and the enduring poetry of life.