Marc Chagall
Aime Maeght was Chagall's Paris dealer for decades from the late 1940s, handling paintings, illustrated books and above all the prints.
Galerie Maeght, 13 rue de Téhéran
Still standing
Walk straight in
Still the same
The gallery Aimé and Marguerite Maeght opened in 1946 and ran as the most important dealership of post-war French art — Marc Chagall's Paris dealer for decades, and still trading at the same address.
- 13 rue de Téhéran, 75008 Paris
- Aimé and Marguerite Maeght's gallery, from 1946
The place, briefly
Aimé Maeght had been a lithographic printer in Cannes before the war; his wife Marguerite ran a shop. They opened a gallery on the rue de Téhéran in 1946 and within a few years were handling Braque, Miró, Giacometti, Calder, Léger and Marc Chagall.
For Chagall the relationship ran for decades and covered everything: paintings, drawings, the illustrated books, and above all the prints, which the Maeghts were unusually well placed to publish because of Aimé's own background in lithography.
The Maeghts also built the Fondation Maeght at Saint-Paul-de-Vence, which opened in 1964 and remains one of the best modern art collections in Europe — and which Chagall, living nearby in the south by then, contributed to.
The gallery still operates from the same address and opens for exhibitions, which makes it one of the few dealerships in this Atlas a reader can simply walk into.
Key facts
- 1946, by Aimé and Marguerite Maeght
- His Paris dealer for decades — paintings, books and especially prints
- Braque, Miró, Giacometti, Calder, Léger
- The Fondation Maeght at Saint-Paul-de-Vence, opened 1964
- The 8th — some accounts wrongly give the 7th
- Still trading; open for exhibitions
Timeline
The Maeghts open the gallery on the rue de Téhéran.
Chagall returns to France; the long association with Maeght follows.
The Fondation Maeght opens at Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
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Questions before you go
Can you visit Galerie Maeght?
Yes — it still trades at 13 rue de Téhéran in the 8th arrondissement and opens to the public for its exhibitions.
Who was Chagall's dealer?
Aimé Maeght, from the late 1940s onward. The gallery handled his paintings and, given Maeght's own background as a lithographic printer, was especially important for his prints.
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