| 1887 | born in the Belarusian city of Vitebsk |
| 1907-1910 | attends the private Swansewa Art School in St. Petersburg (under the direction of Léon Bakst) |
| 1910 | scholarship in Paris (among others with Henri Le Fauconnier and André Dunoyer de Segonzac), he gets acquainted with the avant-garde artists and current art trends and makes use of various stylistic forms in his paintings |
| 1911/12 | Moves into the studio house 'La Ruche'. |
| 1914 | Travels to Berlin for the first solo exhibition in Herwarth Walden's gallery 'Der Sturm'. |
| 1918 | Appointment as commissioner for the arts at the newly founded art academy in Vitebsk. |
| 1923 | return to Paris via Berlin; book illustration for Nikolai Gogol's novel "Dead Souls |
| from 1925 | illustrations to the fables of La Fontaine follow |
| 1931-1939 | and from 1952 commissions Bible illustrations, which appear in 1956 |
| 1941 | emigration to the USA |
| 1946 | first comprehensive retrospective of his works at the Museum of Modern Art in New York |
| 1947 | return to Paris; involvement with lithography |
| 1950-1970 | numerous commissions for public buildings |
| 1958 onwards | involvement with stained glass, resulting in commissions for the stained glass windows of Metz Cathedral and Notre-Dame in Reims, the synagogue of the Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem and the Stefanskirche in Mainz, among others |
| 1963 | Ceiling painting for the Opéra Garnier in Paris |
| 1964 | murals for the Metropolitan Opera in New York |
| 1985 | died in Saint Paul |
ARTISTS
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Modern art
Marc Chagall
Available works
. In addition to paintings, he created extensive etching cycles and lithographic works. Although Marc Chagall only occupied himself with the lithographic technique after his return to Paris, he achieved an extraordinary mastery here within a very short time. Chagall's creative power remained unbroken into old age.
Le Cirque: Plate 2, 1967
Rachel steals the idols
The Israelites eat the paschal lamb
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