Art wall "birthday" by marc chagall 14x18 gallery wrapped canvas art. the fancy-free, childlike style of marc chagall paintings is rarely more evident than in birthday. in this image we see chagall portraying a young couple celebrating the female"s special day. the mood of the painting is festive, while still maintaining the vagueness that so often creeps into marc chagall paintings. eyecatching if not for the contorted male protagonist, it would be easy to walk past this painting without a second glance. it is this oddity that serves to grab the viewer"s attention and almost demands that they take a closer look at the details. one could argue that the young man appears to be bending over out of his way to please his mate, as many of us strive to do for our loved ones on their birthdays. so few artists can provide such a sense of familiarity in the subtleties that stretch from edge to edge of the canvas. who among us hasn"t given or received flowers or eaten cake on our birthdays? i.