Le Grand Cirque is a 1968 oil on canvas painting by Belarusian-French artist Marc Chagall.

On this painting, Chagall focuses on the ring or center stage as a mythical winged figures looks down upon the spectacle from on high.

[3] He considered clowns, acrobats and actors as tragically human beings who are like characters in certain religious paintings.

[4] Among other Post-Impressionist and Modern painters who featured the circus in their works are Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, Rouault, Van Dongen and Léger.

[5] Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York acquired the painting from the artist shortly after he completed it.