Marc Chagall

Biography

Marc Zakharovich Chagall was born on July 14, 1887, in Vitebsk. He was an artist of Jewish origin who received his education under Yudel Pen, Nicholas Roerich, and Léon Bakst in Saint Petersburg. Between 1911 and 1913, Chagall lived and worked in Paris, where he resided in the legendary artistic community called "Ulje." His work spanned a wide range of art forms, including painting, graphics, sculpture, scenography, illustration, and design. Chagall engaged with various genres such as avant-garde, expressionism, Catalan modernism, religious art, landscape, portrait, and animal painting. The artist was connected with several national and cultural contexts—the Russian Empire, the RSFSR, France, and statelessness. Among his notable works are "Behind the House," "Hommage à Apollinaire," "I and the Village," "Chagall Windows," and "Chagall Lounge." He was also known as an engraver, lithographer, watercolorist, ceramist, architectural draftsman, and poet. Marc Zakharovich Chagall passed away on March 28, 1985, in Saint-Paul-de-Vence.