Marc Chagall [Poem, Garden] 1968 32x25cm Woodblock print Unsigned

Limited to 238 copies

A representative painter of the School of Paris, born in 1887 and died in 1985.

He depicted the love between men and women, the Bible, and mythological worlds as fairy tales, using diverse and brilliant colors. Landscapes and figures blend in colors, and time and space merge, creating an illusory world of color and atmosphere in his paintings, from which one can feel his love for his wife and hometown, as well as a message seeking love and peace.

 1887 Born in Vitebsk (now Belarus), Russia

1907 Studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (St. Petersburg).

1909 Studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (St. Petersburg).

1910 Moved to Paris and interacted with Fernand Léger, Modigliani, Delaunay, Apollinaire, etc.

1914 Held his first solo exhibition nearby, showing the influence of Cubism.

1915 Married Bella, who was from the same hometown. Lived in Russia after the October Revolution.

1917 Returned to Paris and established Chagall's unique mystical and supernatural style.

1922 Created the copperplate print collection "My Life" from memories.

1923 Produced Gogol's "Dead Souls" and La Fontaine's "Fables" in copperplate prints at the request of art dealer Vollard.

1931 Traveled to Palestine to create the "Bible" series.

1941 Fled Nazi persecution and emigrated to the United States.

1944 His beloved wife Bella died in the United States.

1945 The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the High School of Art Institute held an exhibition.

1948 Produced the print collection "Arabian Nights".

1950 Acquired French nationality and moved to the South of France.

1952 Remarried to Valentina Brodsky.

1954 Began producing the lithograph collection "Daphnis and Chloe".

1956 Created lithographs on the theme of the circus and published the copperplate print collection "Bible".

1958 Produced the lithograph collection "Bible".

1963 Created the ceiling painting for the Paris Opera. Held large retrospective exhibitions in Tokyo and Kyoto.

1966 Donated the major work, a series of 17 "Biblical Message" paintings, to the French Republic.

1967 A major retrospective exhibition was held in Zurich and Cologne to commemorate his 80th birthday.

The Louvre Museum held the "Message Biblique" exhibition.

1973 The Marc Chagall National Museum of the Biblical Message (now the Marc Chagall Museum) was built in Nice.

1976 The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo held a solo exhibition.

1985 Died in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Southern France.

Museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, competed to acquire his works.