Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall (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.
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
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 2006Marc 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