Marc Chagall Bible [Discovery of the Forbidden Fruit] 1960 35.5x26.5cm Original Lithograph Unsigned

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

With diverse and brilliant colors, he depicted the love between men and women, and the worlds of the Bible and mythology as fairy tales. Landscapes and figures melt into color, and time and space merge, creating a painterly world of phantasmagorical colors and atmosphere. His paintings convey love for his wife and hometown, as well as a message seeking love and peace.

 1887 Born in Vitebsk, Russia (present-day Belarus)

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

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

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

1914 Held his first solo exhibition nearby, showing Cubist influence.

1915 Married Bella, a compatriot, and 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 Commissioned by art dealer Vollard to create copperplate prints for Gogol's "Dead Souls" and La Fontaine's "Fables."

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

1941 Fled to America to escape Nazi persecution.

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 Institute.

1948 Created the print collection "Arabian Nights."

1950 Acquired French citizenship and moved to Southern France.

1952 Remarried to Valentina Brodsky.

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

1956 Created 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. Major retrospective exhibitions held in Tokyo and Kyoto.

1966 Donated 17 large-scale works from the "Biblical Message" series to the French Republic.

1967 Major retrospective exhibition celebrating his 80th birthday held in Zurich and Cologne.

The Louvre Museum held the "Biblical Message Exhibition."

1973 The Marc Chagall National Museum of 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.