Marc Chagall [Dog in a Basket] 1952 39.5x30.5cm Original etching Imprinted signature

Limited to 200 copies

A representative painter of the École de Paris (1887 - 1985)

He depicted love between men and women, biblical stories, and mythological worlds as fairy tales, using diverse and brilliant colors. His paintings, with their phantasmagorical colors and atmosphere, where landscapes and figures melt into color, and time and space merge, convey his love for his wife and hometown, and a message yearning for love and peace.

 1887 Born in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus)

1907 Studied at the St. Petersburg School of Fine Arts (St. Petersburg).

1909 Studied at the St. Petersburg School of Fine Arts (St. Petersburg).

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

1914 Held his first solo exhibition nearby, showing cubist influences.

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

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

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

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

1931 Traveled to Palestine for the production of the "Bible" series.

1941 Fled Nazi persecution and emigrated to the United States.

1944 His beloved wife Bella died in the United States.

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

1948 Created the print collection "Arabian Nights."

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

1952 Remarried Valentine Brodsky.

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

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

1958 Created the lithograph collection "Bible."

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

1966 Donated his large-scale 17-part series "The Biblical Message" to the French Republic.

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

The Louvre Museum held the "Message Biblique" exhibition.

1973 The "Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall" (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, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, vied to acquire his works.