Marc Chagall

  • was born

    was born
    in Vitebsk to a poor Jewish family of 10 children
  • moved to St. Petersburg

    moved to St. Petersburg
    became a student of Leon Bakst
  • went to Paris

    went to Paris
    made friends with French poets and painters
  • "I and the village"

    "I and the village"
    Chagall's early Parisian work
  • participated in the Art exhibitions at Parisian salons

    it was his first one-man show in Gallery in Der Sturm in Berlin, Germany
  • Period: to

    World War I

    lived in Belarus
  • marriage

    married Bella, and she gave birth to their daughter, Ida
  • continues working

    was made the Commissar of Fine Arts in Vitebsk
  • founded the Academy of Arts in Vitebsk

    founded the Academy of Arts in Vitebsk
  • took his family to Paris

  • made his journey to Palestine and Syria

    it helped him to make illustrations for the Bible
  • went to the USA

    went to the USA
  • his wife died

    Bella was Chagall's beloved wife and model
  • returned to France from the USA

    he experimented with new art forms
  • a museum of Marc Chagall works

    was opened in Nice, France
  • the exhibition in the Louvre

    the exhibition in the Louvre
    sixty-two of his paintings were exhibited
  • Chagall died

    he was ninety-seven