Marc Chagall

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Marc CHAGALL was born in Peskowatik near Viteb­sk (Russ­ian Empire) in 1887. He stayed in Paris for the first time from 1910 to 1914. There were exhi­bi­tions at the Indépen­dants and he met Léger. This was fol­lowed by a short cubist peri­od. From 1914 to 1918, he returned to Lios­no and Viteb­sk. Cha­gall returned to France via Berlin. After the occu­pa­tion of Paris by the Ger­mans in 1941, he fled to the USA. The artist returned to his adopt­ed coun­try in 1948. In addi­tion to oil paint­ing, his oeu­vre includ­ed inten­sive work with print­mak­ing tech­niques (etch­ing and lith­o­g­ra­phy), main­ly in cycli­cal themes, as well as gouach­es, poster design and impres­sive stained glass win­dow designs. Marc Cha­gall died in Saint-Paul-de-Vence in 1985. 1936 — first par­tic­i­pa­tion in an exhi­bi­tion, 1957 — first solo exhi­bi­tion at Galerie Welz. 

Marc CHAGALL was born in Peskowatik near Viteb­sk (Russ­ian Empire) in 1887. He stayed in Paris for the first time from 1910 to 1914. There were exhi­bi­tions at the Indépen­dants and he met Léger. This was fol­lowed by a short cubist peri­od. From 1914 to 1918, he returned to Lios­no and Viteb­sk. Cha­gall returned to France via Berlin. After the occu­pa­tion of Paris by the Ger­mans in 1941, he fled to the USA. The artist returned to his adopt­ed coun­try in 1948. In addi­tion to oil paint­ing, his oeu­vre includ­ed inten­sive work with print­mak­ing tech­niques (etch­ing and lith­o­g­ra­phy), main­ly in cycli­cal themes, as well as gouach­es, poster design and impres­sive stained glass win­dow designs. Marc Cha­gall died in Saint-Paul-de-Vence in 1985. 1936 — first par­tic­i­pa­tion in an exhi­bi­tion, 1957 — first solo exhi­bi­tion at Galerie Welz. 

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