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Marc Chagall in 1967

Marc Chagall (6 July 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Jewish Russian-French artist. He is famous for his fauvist, cubist and expressionist paintings.

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  • Chagall parents

    Chagall's Parents

  • Yury Pen - Portrait of Marc Chagall

    Portrait of Chagall by Yehuda (Yuri) Pen, his first art teacher in Vitebsk

  • Marc Chagall, 1912, Calvary (Golgotha) Christus gewidmet, oil on canvas, 174.6 x 192.4 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York

    Marc Chagall, 1912, Calvary (Golgotha), oil on canvas, 174.6 × 192.4 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Alternative titles: Kreuzigung Bild 2 Christus gewidmet [Golgotha. Crucifixion. Dedicated to Christ]. Sold through Galerie Der Sturm (Herwarth Walden), Berlin to Bernhard Koehler (1849–1927), Berlin, 1913. Exhibited: Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon, Berlin, 1913

  • Marc Chagall, 1911-12, The Drunkard (Le saoul), 1912, oil on canvas. 85 x 115 cm. Private collection

    Marc Chagall, 1911–12, The Drunkard (Le saoul), 1912, oil on canvas. 85 × 115 cm. Private collection

  • Image-Chagall Fiddler

    Marc Chagall, 1912, The Fiddler, an inspiration for the musical Fiddler on the Roof

  • Marc Chagall, 1912, still-life (Nature morte), oil on canvas, private collection

    Marc Chagall, 1912, Still-life (Nature morte), oil on canvas, private collection

  • VitebskVKhU

    People's Art School where the Vitebsk Museum of Modern Art was situated

  • Chagall Bella

    Bella with White Collar, 1917

  • The Prophet Jeremiah - 1968 -Wull

    "The Prophet Jeremiah" (1968)

  • Marc Chagall 1941 cut

    Photo portrait of Chagall in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten

  • WithBella

    With Virginia Haggard McNeil

  • Vava Brodsky and Marc Chagall 1967

    Vava Brodsky and Marc Chagall in 1967

  • Chagall - Bestiaire

    Bestiaire et Musique (1969)

  • Chagall Circus

    The Circus Horse

  • Vitraux chagall Metz

    Stained glass windows in Saint-Stephen Cathedral, Metz, France

  • UN Glass

    Peace, a stained glass memorial at the United Nations, New York

  • Ceramic Moses

    Ceramic plate titled Moses

  • Belarus-Vitsebsk-Marc Chagall Art-Center

    Chagall Art Centre in Vitebsk, Belarus

  • Popiersie Marc Chagall ssj 20060914

    Bust of Marc Chagall in Celebrity Alley in Kielce (Poland)

  • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Chagall 2017

    Montréal Muséum of Fine Arts, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal. January 28 to June 11, 2017. Chagall: Colour and Music is the biggest Canadian exhibition ever devoted to Marc Chagall.

  • Chagall windows Reims Cathedral

    Stained glass windows in Reims Cathedral, 1974

  • Marc Chagall, 1911, To My Betrothed, gouache, watercolor, metallic paint, charcoal, and ink on paper, mounted on cardboard, 61 x 44.5 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art

    Marc Chagall, 1911, To My Betrothed, gouache, watercolor, metallic paint, charcoal, and ink on paper, mounted on cardboard, 61 × 44.5 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art

  • Marc Chagall, 1911, I and the Village, oil on canvas, 192.1 x 151.4 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York

    Marc Chagall, 1911, I and the Village, oil on canvas, 192.1 × 151.4 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York

  • Marc Chagall, 1911, Trois heures et demie (Le poète), Half-Past Three (The Poet), oil on canvas, 195.9 x 144.8 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art

    Marc Chagall, 1911, Trois heures et demie (Le poète), Half-Past Three (The Poet) Halb vier Uhr, oil on canvas, 195.9 × 144.8 cm, The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950, Philadelphia Museum of Art

  • Marc Chagall, 1913, Paris par la fenêtre (Paris Through the Window), oil on canvas, 136 x 141.9 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

    Marc Chagall, 1913, Paris par la fenêtre (Paris Through the Window), oil on canvas, 136 × 141.9 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

  • Marc Chagall, 1913, La femme enceinte (Maternité), oil on canvas, 193 x 116 cm, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

    Marc Chagall, 1913, La femme enceinte (Maternité), oil on canvas, 193 × 116 cm, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

  • "The Cemetery Gates", Marc Chagall (1917) Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme

    Marc Chagall, "The gates of the cemetery", 1917, oil on canvas, 87 x 68.5 cm, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme


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