Marc Chagall

Chagall is recognized as one of the most significant painters and graphical artists of the 20th century. Most of his unique work is based on poetic inspiration. Marc Chagall was born on July 7, 1887, in Vitsyebsk, Russia. He was taught about art in Saint Petersburg and Paris until 1914. During this period he painted the works known as Candles in the Dark (1908), I and the Village (1911), and The Praying Jew (1914). His used different styles in these artworks …

…rest of his life, except for a brief residence in the U.S. During this time he etched a series of biblical themes illustrating the Old Testament, and the 12 stained-glass windows in the Hadassah Hospital of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem (1962). In 1973 The National Museum of the Marc Chagall Biblical Message was opened in Nice, France to house hundreds of his biblical works. He died in St. Paul de Vence, France, on March 28, 1985.