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Marc ChagallFrench, born Belarus, 1887 - 1985

Painter, theater designer, printmaker and book illustrator, Marc Chagall was born in the Jewish ghetto of Viciebsk, Belarus. He studied art in St. Petersburg, where important exhibitions in 1908 and 1909 introduced Russians to famous Modern artists like Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890). Chagall went to Paris in 1910 but returned to Russia in 1914 for the duration of World War I. During the Russian Revolution he held a position in the revolutionary cultural administration but his refusal to align his views with the political culture made him so unpopular that he emigrated to France in 1923, becoming a citizen in 1937. During the 1920s and 1930s, he traveled and exhibited widely. In 1941, Chagall secured passage for himself and his family to the United States, where he remained during World War II. He returned to France in 1948 and continued to work and to exhibit until his death.

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Absalom Hanging from the Tree
Marc Chagall
circa 1939
The Dream
Marc Chagall
circa 1938 - 1939
Jacob in the Pit
Marc Chagall
n.d.
Man at a Table
Marc Chagall
1923 - 1927
Self-portrait
Marc Chagall
1960