Marc Chagall (Yiddish: מאַרק שאַגאַל; Belarusian: Мойша Захаравіч Шагалаў Mojša Zaharavič Šagałaŭ; Russian: Марк Захарович Шага́л Mark Zakharovich Shagal) (7 July 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Russian-Belarusian-French painter of Jewish origin, who was born in Belarus, at that time part of the Russian Empire. He is associated with the modern movements after Impressionism.
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| Biography |
| 1887 |
Born: July 7, Vitebsk, Russia |
| 1907 - 1910 |
Studied at the Imperial Society for the Protection of the Arts; Saint Petersburg |
| 1918 |
Appointed Commissar for Art, founded the Vitebsk Popular Art School |
| 1927 |
Recognized as a leading painter of the School of Paris and founding member of the Association des Peintres-Graveurs |
| 1939 |
Awarded first prize by the Carnegie Foundation, Pittsburgh |
| 1948 |
Awarded the Grand Prix de Gravure at the Venice Biennale |
| 1959 |
Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 1965 |
Awarded an Honorary Degree by Notre-Dame University, Indiana |
| 1977 |
Awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion d'Honneur |
| 1985 |
Died: March 28, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France |
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| Selected Exhibitions |
| 2008 |
Marc Chagall, MAN - Museo d'Arte di Nuoro, Nuoro |
| 2007 |
Marc Chagall: The Bible Series, Louisiana Art & Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA |
| 2006 |
Marc Chagall, Tale Art Museum, Lillestrom |
| 1985 |
Marc Chagall: Retrospectives; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; Royal Academy, London |
| 1983 |
Oeuvres sur papier exhibition: National Museum of Modern Art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris |
| 1982 |
Marc Chagall: Retrospectives; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Louisianer Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark |
| 1977 - 1978 |
Marc Chagall: The artist’s work from 1967 to 1977; Musée du Louvre, Paris |
| 1974 |
Marc Chagall: Retrospective of engraved works (prints); National Gallery, East Berlin and Dresden |
| 1970 |
Hommage a Marc Chagall; Musee du Grand-Palais, Paris |
| 1967 |
Marc Chagall: Retrospectives; Zurich, Cologne and the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence |
| 1963 |
Marc Chagall: Retrospective; National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo |
| 1959 |
Marc Chagall: Retrospective; Museum of Decorative Arts, Palais du Louvre, Paris |
| 1951 |
Marc Chagall: Retrospective; Jerusalem |
| 1947 |
Marc Chagall: Retrospective; Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris |
| 1946 |
Marc Chagall: Retrospective; Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| 1942 |
Artists in Exile; New York |
| 1938 |
Marc Chagall: Retrospective; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels |
| 1933 |
Marc Chagall: Retrospective; Kunsthalle Basel, Basel |
| 1926 |
Marc Chagall: Solo Exhibition; Reinhardt Gallery, New York |
| 1924 |
Marc Chagall: Retrospective; Galerie Barbazanges-Hodebert, Paris |
| 1913 |
Marc Chagall: Solo Exhibition; Der Sturm Gallery, Berlin |
| 1912 |
Participated in the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d’Automne; Paris, France |
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