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Marc Chagall is a painter and printmaker born in Belarus in 1887.

He was raised by his Jewish mother, who passed on to him the passion of man and made him read the Bible. Vitebsk, the area where he grew up, would always represent his childhood paradise and later greatly influence his artistic work.

He studied at the School of Fine Arts of Saint-Petersburg and then worked in a studio. He was pupil of Leon Bakst, who introduced him to Bella Rosenfeld, with whom he fell in love.

In 1910, he moved to Paris. There, he discovered Fauvism as the movement was fading, and Cubism just as it was emerging. He was fascinated by the joyful colors of Fauvism and by Cubism's deconstruction of objects. Even if he was living in Paris, Marc Chagall never forgot his native country, Russia, and never ceased to be inspire by it. In fact, the Jewish culture in which he grew up is always present in his work.

In Paris, Marc Chagall met Blaise Cendrars, Robert Delaunay and Guillaume Apollinaire with whom he became friends.

In 1914, He returned to Vitebsk, thinking he would only stay there a short while, but the First World War preventing him from coming back to France. He Married Bella with whom he had a daughter. He painted the life of the Jewish community, persecuted because they were suspected of collaborating with the Russians. After the Revolution, he let to Moscow, where he worked for the Jewish Art Theater.

Back in Paris, his friend Ambroise Vollard, ask him to do some illustrations for the" Fables de La Fontaine" and for the Bible. He did several gouaches for the religious texts that he considered to be " the biggest source of poetry of all time". He then did a collection of etchings about the Old Testament, which he donated to the French government. This latter has been exhibited in the Louvre and then at the National Museum of Biblical messages in Nice, which was later named National Museum Marc Chagall.

Marc Chagall can not be associated to one particular movement, since the artist preferred to combine several styles. However In his work we can find characteristics of surrealism and Neo-Primitivism. Marc Chagall created his paintings and prints inspired by his own intimate life.

He died in 1985 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France.


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Print, L'Ecuyere, Marc Chagall

L'Ecuyere

Marc Chagall

Print - 34 x 48 x 0.1 cm

$1,355

Print, La toilette de Tchitchikov, Marc Chagall

La toilette de Tchitchikov

Marc Chagall

Print - 37.5 x 28 x 1 cm

$2,823

Print, La Gourmandise II, Marc Chagall

La Gourmandise II

Marc Chagall

Print - 27.5 x 18 x 1 cm

$11,293

Print, Mutter und Sohn, Marc Chagall

Mutter und Sohn

Marc Chagall

Print - 43 x 32.3 x 1 cm

$11,293

Print, Le Cerf malade, Marc Chagall

Le Cerf malade

Marc Chagall

Print - 39 x 29.8 x 1 cm

$8,470

Print, Death of Dorcon, Marc Chagall

Death of Dorcon

Marc Chagall

Print - 42 x 64 x 0.1 cm

$6,629

Print, Le thé du matin, Marc Chagall

Le thé du matin

Marc Chagall

Print - 28 x 37.5 x 1 cm

$2,823

Print, L'Acrobate, Marc Chagall

L'Acrobate

Marc Chagall

Print - 48 x 34 x 0.2 cm

$1,141

Print, Nuit d'été, Marc Chagall

Nuit d'été

Marc Chagall

Print - 48 x 34 x 0.1 cm

$2,033

Print, La Poule, Marc Chagall

La Poule

Marc Chagall

Print - 48 x 34 x 0.1 cm

$1,152

Print, Vitraux pour Jérusalem, Marc Chagall

Vitraux pour Jérusalem

Marc Chagall

Print - 36 x 28 x 3 cm

$28,233

Print, Les Grands Pères, Marc Chagall

Les Grands Pères

Marc Chagall

Print - 44 x 35 x 0.1 cm

$22,021

Print, Le Lion Amoureux, Marc Chagall

Le Lion Amoureux

Marc Chagall

Print - 42 x 33.5 x 0.1 cm

$4,517

Print, L’Auge II, Marc Chagall

L’Auge II

Marc Chagall

Print - 54 x 38 x 0.1 cm

$15,246

Print, Angel Ariel Prospero enchanter tempest, Marc Chagall

Angel Ariel Prospero enchanter tempest

Marc Chagall

Print - 26 x 32 x 0.2 cm

$12,761

Print, Le cordonnier (pour les Fables de la Fontaine), Marc Chagall

Le cordonnier (pour les Fables de la Fontaine)

Marc Chagall

Print - 29.5 x 24 x 0.2 cm

$2,710

Print, Les Deux Taureaux et une Grenouille, Marc Chagall

Les Deux Taureaux et une Grenouille

Marc Chagall

Print - 42 x 33.5 x 0.1 cm

$4,291

Print, Le cerf se voyant dans l'eau, Marc Chagall

Le cerf se voyant dans l'eau

Marc Chagall

Print - 42 x 33.5 x 0.1 cm

$4,065

Print, Le bouquet blanc, Marc Chagall

Le bouquet blanc

Marc Chagall

Print - 75 x 54.5 cm

$18,351

Print, La lutte du Jacob et du l''Ange (The Fight Between Jacob & the Angel), Marc Chagall

La lutte du Jacob et du l''Ange (The Fight Between Jacob & the Angel)

Marc Chagall

Print - 75.5 x 55.5 x 0.1 cm

$32,637

Print, Le Cirque Fantastique, Marc Chagall

Le Cirque Fantastique

Marc Chagall

Print - 41.5 x 52 x 0.3 cm

$14,681

Print, La Tombe du Père, Marc Chagall

La Tombe du Père

Marc Chagall

Print - 27.5 x 35.3 x 0.1 cm

$7,679

Print, David and Absalom - from 'The Bible', Marc Chagall

David and Absalom - from 'The Bible'

Marc Chagall

Print - 53.5 x 39 x 0.1 cm

$9,599

Print, Sacrifices Made to the Nymphs, from Daphnis and Chloe, Marc Chagall

Sacrifices Made to the Nymphs, from Daphnis and Chloe

Marc Chagall

Print - 54 x 38.1 cm

$19,995

Print, The Flute Player (M. 197), Marc Chagall

The Flute Player (M. 197)

Marc Chagall

Print - 38 x 56 x 0.1 cm

$14,453

Print, Poemes: Comme un barbare, Marc Chagall

Poemes: Comme un barbare

Marc Chagall

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm

$2,776

Print, Poemes: Dans ma Memoire, Marc Chagall

Poemes: Dans ma Memoire

Marc Chagall

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm

$2,776

Print, Sur la terre des Dieux (Planche 7), Marc Chagall

Sur la terre des Dieux (Planche 7)

Marc Chagall

Print - 64.5 x 49.5 cm

$7,002

Print, Sacrifices made to the nymphs, Marc Chagall

Sacrifices made to the nymphs

Marc Chagall

Print - 42 x 32 x 0.1 cm

$7,293

Print, Petits paysans II, Marc Chagall

Petits paysans II

Marc Chagall

Print - 60 x 48 cm

$13,552

Print, Création, Marc Chagall

Création

Marc Chagall

Print - 120 x 80 cm

$15,584

Print, Les Danseurs à la Lune - Original Etching, Marc Chagall

Les Danseurs à la Lune - Original Etching

Marc Chagall

Print - 50 x 37.5 x 0.1 cm

$13,552

Print, Le Satyre et le Passant, Marc Chagall

Le Satyre et le Passant

Marc Chagall

Print - 41.5 x 38 x 0.2 cm

$4,291

Print, Siren with the Poet from Nice and the Côte d'Azur, Marc Chagall

Siren with the Poet from Nice and the Côte d'Azur

Marc Chagall

Print - 73.2 x 52.6 x 0.1 cm

$32,524

Print, La Grande Danseuse, Marc Chagall

La Grande Danseuse

Marc Chagall

Print - 57.5 x 43 x 0.3 cm

$14,116

Print, Nu à l'éventail, Marc Chagall

Nu à l'éventail

Marc Chagall

Print - 29.5 x 36 x 0.3 cm

$16,375

Print, Le Clown Acrobate, Marc Chagall

Le Clown Acrobate

Marc Chagall

Print - 50 x 38 x 0.1 cm

$15,584

Print, Fin d'Absalom, Marc Chagall

Fin d'Absalom

Marc Chagall

Print - 53.5 x 39 x 0.1 cm

$9,599

Print, Le Peintre, from Songes, Marc Chagall

Le Peintre, from Songes

Marc Chagall

Print - 52 x 37.5 x 0.1 cm

$11,971

Print, Le Cerf Malade, Marc Chagall

Le Cerf Malade

Marc Chagall

Print - 42 x 34 x 0.3 cm

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Print, Manilov – from "Les Ames Mortes", Marc Chagall

Manilov – from "Les Ames Mortes"

Marc Chagall

Print - 37 x 28 x 0.3 cm

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Print, Odysseus and Euryklea, Marc Chagall

Odysseus and Euryklea

Marc Chagall

Print - 43 x 32.5 x 0.3 cm

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Print, Journal d'un Cheval - Original Artist Book by C. Goll, illustrated by M. Chagall, Marc Chagall

Journal d'un Cheval - Original Artist Book by C. Goll, illustrated by M. Chagall

Marc Chagall

Print - 30.5 x 25 x 1.5 cm

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Print, Le Loup plaidant contre le Renard par-devant le Singe, Marc Chagall

Le Loup plaidant contre le Renard par-devant le Singe

Marc Chagall

Print - 42 x 33.5 x 0.3 cm

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Print, Le Cerf se Voyant dans l'Eau, Marc Chagall

Le Cerf se Voyant dans l'Eau

Marc Chagall

Print - 42 x 33.5 x 0.3 cm

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Print, La famille d'Arlequin, Marc Chagall

La famille d'Arlequin

Marc Chagall

Print - 78 x 57 cm

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Print, Les Ames Mortes by N. Gogol, Marc Chagall

Les Ames Mortes by N. Gogol

Marc Chagall

Print - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm

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Print, Le Renard et Le Buste, Marc Chagall

Le Renard et Le Buste

Marc Chagall

Print - 39.5 x 29.5 x 0.2 cm

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Print, Prophet Killed by a Lion, Marc Chagall

Prophet Killed by a Lion

Marc Chagall

Print - 53 x 39 x 0.3 cm

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Print, Composition, Marc Chagall

Composition

Marc Chagall

Print - 56 x 62 x 0.2 cm

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Print, Moses Meets his Brother Aaron in the Desert, Marc Chagall

Moses Meets his Brother Aaron in the Desert

Marc Chagall

Print - 44.2 x 33 x 0.3 cm

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Print, Le Lion s'en Allant en Guerre, Marc Chagall

Le Lion s'en Allant en Guerre

Marc Chagall

Print - 41.7 x 34.2 x 0.2 cm

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Print, Bella, Marc Chagall

Bella

Marc Chagall

Print - 50 x 20 x 0.3 cm

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Print, Jacob's Blessing, Marc Chagall

Jacob's Blessing

Marc Chagall

Print - 58 x 46 x 0.1 cm

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Print, Pierrot avec Parapluie (Man with Umbrella), Marc Chagall

Pierrot avec Parapluie (Man with Umbrella)

Marc Chagall

Print - 35.6 x 29.2 cm

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Print, Cantique de David, Marc Chagall

Cantique de David

Marc Chagall

Print - 71.1 x 63.5 cm

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Print, L'Ecuyère, Marc Chagall

L'Ecuyère

Marc Chagall

Print - 32.5 x 24 x 0.1 cm

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Who is the artist?

Marc Chagall is a painter and printmaker born in Belarus in 1887.

He was raised by his Jewish mother, who passed on to him the passion of man and made him read the Bible. Vitebsk, the area where he grew up, would always represent his childhood paradise and later greatly influence his artistic work.

He studied at the School of Fine Arts of Saint-Petersburg and then worked in a studio. He was pupil of Leon Bakst, who introduced him to Bella Rosenfeld, with whom he fell in love.

In 1910, he moved to Paris. There, he discovered Fauvism as the movement was fading, and Cubism just as it was emerging. He was fascinated by the joyful colors of Fauvism and by Cubism's deconstruction of objects. Even if he was living in Paris, Marc Chagall never forgot his native country, Russia, and never ceased to be inspire by it. In fact, the Jewish culture in which he grew up is always present in his work.

In Paris, Marc Chagall met Blaise Cendrars, Robert Delaunay and Guillaume Apollinaire with whom he became friends.

In 1914, He returned to Vitebsk, thinking he would only stay there a short while, but the First World War preventing him from coming back to France. He Married Bella with whom he had a daughter. He painted the life of the Jewish community, persecuted because they were suspected of collaborating with the Russians. After the Revolution, he let to Moscow, where he worked for the Jewish Art Theater.

Back in Paris, his friend Ambroise Vollard, ask him to do some illustrations for the" Fables de La Fontaine" and for the Bible. He did several gouaches for the religious texts that he considered to be " the biggest source of poetry of all time". He then did a collection of etchings about the Old Testament, which he donated to the French government. This latter has been exhibited in the Louvre and then at the National Museum of Biblical messages in Nice, which was later named National Museum Marc Chagall.

Marc Chagall can not be associated to one particular movement, since the artist preferred to combine several styles. However In his work we can find characteristics of surrealism and Neo-Primitivism. Marc Chagall created his paintings and prints inspired by his own intimate life.

He died in 1985 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France.

What is Marc Chagall’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Cubism, Expressionism, Die Brücke

When was Marc Chagall born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1887