Marc Chagall [Traffic Accident] 1948 35.5x28cm Original Etching Unsigned

Limited to 368 copies

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A representative painter of the School of Paris 1887–1985.

He depicted the world of love between men and women, the Bible, and myths as a fairytale world with diverse and brilliant colors. Landscapes and figures blend into the colors, and time and space merge, creating a painterly world of phantasmagoric colors and atmosphere. One can feel 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 influences of Cubism.

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

1917 Returned to Paris. Established his unique mystical and supernatural style.

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

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

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

1941 Fled to America to escape Nazi persecution.

1944 His beloved wife Bella died in America.

1945 Exhibitions held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago.

1948 Created the print collection "Arabian Nights."

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

1952 Remarried to Valentina Brodsky.

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

1956 Created lithographs with a circus theme. Published the copperplate engraving collection "Bible."

1958 Created the lithograph collection "Bible."

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

1966 Donated his major 17-part "Biblical Message" series to the French Republic.

1967 A large retrospective exhibition commemorating 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 established in Nice.

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

1985 Passed away in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Southern France.

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