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  2. Marc Chagall - Wikipedia

    • Marc Chagall (born Moishe Shagal; 6 July [O.S. 24 June] 1887 – 28 March 1985 ) was a Belarusian-French artist. An early modernist, he was associated with the École de Paris as well as several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries a… See more

    BornMoishe Shagal · 6 July 1887 (N.S.) · Liozna, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Belarus)
    Died28 March 1985 (aged 97) · Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
    SpousesBella Rosenfeld · (m. 1915; died 1944) · Valentina (Vava) Brodsky · (m. 1952)
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    Early life and education

    Marc Chagall was born Moishe Shagal in 1887, into a Jewish family in Liozna, near the city of Vitebsk, Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire. At the time of his birth, Vitebsk's population was about 66,000. Half of the popu… See more

    Art career

    In 1906, he moved to Saint Petersburg, which was then the capital of the Russian Empire and the center of the country's artistic life, with famous art schools. Since Jews were not permitted into the city without an i… See more

     
  1. Purim - Philadelphia Museum of Art

  2. Provenance Case Study: Marc Chagall’s Purim

    Read the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s case study on the provenance of Marc Chagall’s Purim.

  3. Purim by Marc Chagall - Obelisk Art History

    Purim is an Early Modernist Oil on Canvas Painting created by Marc Chagall from 1916 to 1917. It lives at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the United States. The image is © ARS, New York / ADAGP, Paris, and used according to …

  4. Biography - Marc Chagall

    In 1937, with the mood becoming increasingly tense due to growing antisemitism, the painter revisited the theme of revolution. Under the Nazi regime, all of the artist’s work was taken down from German museums, and three of his works …

  5. Chagall’s ‘Purim’ Journey to Philadelphia - Jewish …

    Feb 24, 2021 · It takes planning and a little willpower to visit Marc Chagall’s painting “Purim” during the pandemic. You have to reserve a time slot at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in advance, get your temperature taken when you …

  6. Marc Chagall - Purim (ca. 1916-17) : r/museum - Reddit

  7. Marc Chagall’s Purim | Perceptions

  8. La fête de Purim by Marc Chagall on artnet

  9. Purim - Marc Chagall | Wikioo.org - The Encyclopedia of Fine Arts