Marc Chagall Bible [David Saved by Michal] 1960 35.5x26.5cm Original Lithograph Unsigned

Limited to 250 copies

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

He depicted the world of male and female love, the Bible, and mythology as a fairytale world with diverse and brilliant colors. Landscapes and figures blend within the colors, and time and space merge in his illusory world of color and atmosphere. His paintings convey a sense of love for his wife and hometown, as well as a message seeking love and peace.

 1887 Born in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus)

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

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

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

1914 Held his first solo exhibition nearby. Influences of Cubism can be seen.

1915 Married Bella, from his 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 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 Fled to America to escape Nazi persecution.

1944 His beloved wife Bella died in America.

1945 Exhibition held by 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 Southern 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 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 the major work "Message Biblique," a series of 17 paintings, 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 Marc Chagall National Museum of Biblical Message (now the Marc Chagall Museum) was opened in Nice.

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

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

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

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