Marc Chagall [Race of the Hares] 1920 39.5x30.5cm Original etching Imprinted signature

Limited to 200 copies

A representative painter of the School of Paris, 1887-1985.

He depicted love between men and women, biblical stories, and mythological worlds as fairy tales, using a diverse and brilliant palette of colors. Landscapes and figures blend together in color, and time and space merge, creating a world of art with a phantasmagorical palette and atmosphere. His love for his wife and hometown can be felt through his paintings, as can his message of desiring love and peace.

 1887 Born in Vitebsk (now Belarus), Russia

1907 Studied at the St. Petersburg Art School (St. Petersburg).

1909 Studied at the St. Petersburg Art School (St. Petersburg).

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

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

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

1917 Returned to Paris. Chagall established his own mystical, supernatural style.

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

1923 Commissioned by art dealer Vollard to create copperplate prints for Gogol's "Dead Souls" and La Fontaine's "Fables."

1931 Traveled to Palestine for the "Bible" series.

1941 Escaped Nazi persecution and fled to America.

1944 His beloved wife Bella died in America.

1945 Held an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the High School of Art and Architecture.

1948 Created the print collection "Arabian Nights."

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

1952 Remarried to Valentine Brodsky.

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

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

1958 Created the lithograph collection "Bible."

1963 Created the ceiling painting for the Paris Opera. Held a major retrospective exhibition in Tokyo and Kyoto.

1966 Donated his magnum opus, the 17-part "Biblical Message" series, to the French Republic.

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

The Louvre Museum held the "Biblical Message Exhibition."

1973 The Marc Chagall National Museum of the Biblical Message (now the Marc Chagall Museum) was carefully established 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, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, competed to acquire his works.