Creator story
Surprising fact
Chagall lived to 97 and worked to the end, designing huge stained-glass windows and the ceiling of the Paris Opera.
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Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall (1887–1985) was a Russian-French modernist who painted floating lovers, fiddlers and villages in dreamlike, jewel-bright colour. Drawing on his Jewish Hasidic roots, he created a poetry all his own.
Chagall's dreamlike imagery bridged folk memory and modernism; his stained glass glows in cathedrals worldwide.
- Painted dreamlike, floating figures in brilliant colour.
- Drew deeply on his Jewish Hasidic roots in Vitebsk.
- Created famous stained glass and the Paris Opera ceiling.
Key works
A key work by Marc Chagall
These works make it easiest to see how the artist changed form, content, and the very way art could exist in culture.
1911
I and the Village
I and the Village is one of Marc Chagall's defining works.