Formal Analysis of Marc Chagall's Work “Lovers in The Lilacs” and Its Evaluation Within The Scope of Freud's Article “On A Special Type of Object Choice in Men"

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Expressionist Marc Chagall was an artist of Jewish origin and entered the art world from a poor life. His struggle for life deeply affected him and led to the emergence of his works. Sigmund Freud, like Chagall, was of Jewish origin and was born on 6 May 1856 in Freiberg, Moravia (now known as Příbor, within the borders of the Czech Republic) during the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Freud later moved to Vienna with his family and spent most of his life there. Freud, who was interested in art, addressed the subject in works of art and questioned the reason for the emergence of it. The aim of the research is to define the Expressionism art movement, to provide information about Marc Chagall's life and to evaluate the artist's work Lovers in Lilacs within the scope of Freud's article On a Special Type of Object Selection in Men and to find the reason for the emergence of the work. The descriptive scanning model, one of the qualitative research techniques, was used in the research. Within the scope of the article, the work was analyzed in depth both formally and thematically. As a result, the works produced by the artist reflect the effect of the observations and experiences that deeply affected Chagall's inner world. The artist's work Lovers in Lilacs can also be seen as a work that reflects the artist's feelings about love, affection and sexuality. Keywords: Expressionism, Marc Chagall, Freud, Analysis