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CV 1887 Born July 7 in Vitebsk, Belorussia, into a Jewish working-class family
1907 Begins to study painting under Pen in Vitebsk
1907 Studies painting in St Petersburg, first at the Imperial
Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, later at the School of
Elizabeth Svanseva
1909 meets Bella Rosenfeld .
1910 Arrival in Paris and introduction into the city, and into a
circle of contemporary poets and painters. He is patronised by
Vinaver who offers him a subsidy for four years.
1912 Discovery of the Fauves and Cubists; is briefly touched by
Futurism. Gets to know Braque, Picasso, Delaunay, Leger, Mar-
coussis, Segonzac, Archipenko, Sterenberg, Soffici, and Modigliani.
Has his first studio in Rue de la Ruche and meets the poets Cendrars
and Apollinaire. Exhibits for the first time at the Independants.
1914 First solo show in Berlin, organised by Walden, he sets up
home for some time in that city. Returns to Vitebsk at the outbreak of war.
1915 Marries Bella Rosenfeld and settles in Vitebsk.
1916 Birth of the daughter Ida.
1918 Is nominated Commissioner for Fine Arts in Vitebsk.
1919 Is nominated Director of the Vitebsk Academy of Arts, in which Malevich
the Suprematist also teaches.
1919 Invites to job in Academy of Vitebsk M.Dobuzinsky, I.Puni,Y.Pen,
A.Romm.
1920 Resigns from Directorship of the Academy and leaves for Moscow. Here
he does stage decors and painted wall panels for the Jewish Theatre.
1921 Teaches painting to war orphans in a Moscow suburb.
1922 Writes My Life in French, assisted by Bella, making use of notes made
earlier in Russia. Goes in Kaunas and then in Berlin when life in his own country
becomes impossible after being told that he was not suited to politics and the
realities of Marxist socialism.
1923 Returns to France and meets the publisher Vollard, through whom he
receives commissions to illustrate various publications. He meets Eluard, Ernst
and Gala who want him to join the Surrealist movement. He refuses.
1924 Illustrates Gogol's Dead Souls, which is not published until 1948.
1926 Again commissioned by Vollard, he starts a series of etchings
for the Fables of La Fontaine, which were eventually published in 1952.
1930 Begins a more private domestic style of life, moving to Villa Montmorency,
near the Porte d'Auteuil. Travels frequently to Switzerland to rediscover countryside
like that of Russia.
1931 Begins etchings for the Bible, which were finally published in 1956, and is
invited to Palestine where he goes to seek inspiration for his Bible illustrations.
1939 Receives the Carnegie Prize.
1940 Vollard dies. Chagall meets Teriade.
1941 Because of the war and racial discrimination he leaves France and embarks at
Lisbon for the United States where he has been invited to settle.
1942 The beginning of his American stay. He travels to Mexico and prepares the
scenery and costumes for Aleko.
1944 Bella dies. For nine months he does no work, occupying himself solely with
bringing out Bella's writings under the title Lighted Lamps.
1945 Starts work again with scenery and costumes for Stravinsky's Firebird for
presentation by the Ballet Theatre of New York.
1946 Selected exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1947 Exhibition at the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris. First colour lithographs.
1948 Triumphant return to Paris. Renews contact with Teriade who from then on
acts as his publisher.
1950 Settles in Vence, Provence. First attempts at painting and modelling ceramics.
1951 First stone sculptures.
I952. Meets Valentine Brodsky (Vava) and marries her. Travels with her to Greece.
1957 Executes his first mosaics.
1958 Does scenery and costumes for the ballet Daphnis and Chloe for the Paris Opera.
1960 Completes the windows (lancets and roses) for the Gothic cathedral of Metz.
1961 Does the windows for Hadassah Synagogue, near Jerusalem.
1963 Supplies the cartoons and follows the working of his first tapestries which are
to decorate the Parliament of Israel in Tel Aviv.
1964 At Malraux's invitation he paints the panels which are to be fixed to the Opera
ceiling in Paris.
1966 Executes two huge panels for the Lincoln Centre, New York. Moves from
Vence to St Paul de Vence where he still lives.
1967 Designs scenery and costumes for The Magic Flute. Has a vast
exhibition at the Louvre.
1969 A comprehensive exhibition opens at the Petit Palais of
all of Chagall's work: paintings, gouaches, sculpture, ceramics,
stained glass, tapestries and sketches for theatrical scenery and
costumes.
1973 Trip to Moscow and Leningrad. Exhibition in The State Tretyakov Gallery.
1974 Exhibition in Berlin. Executes a stained-glass window for a cathedral in Rheims.
1975 Illustrations to "Odissey" and lithographs to "Storm".
1977 It is awarded with an award of the Honourable Legion. Works above
stained-glass windows for Art institute in Chicago.
1978 Exhibition in Palace Pitty in Florence. Executes stained-glass windows for
churches in Florence and the Great Britain.
1979 Exhibition in gallery Pierre Matiss in New York and in Geneva.
1980 "Psalmy David's" exhibition in the Museum in Nice. Exhibition Graphics
in Geneva.
1981 Exhibition in galleries Meg in Paris and Zurich. End of work on stained-glass
windows of a cathedral in Sent-Atienn.
1982 Exhibitions in Stockholm and Denmark. An exhibition of the book in Geneva.
1984 Exhibition in Centre Pompidu in Paris. An exhibition of stained-glass
windows and sculptures in the Museum to Nice. Exhibitions in Rome and Basel.
1985 March, 28 dies in Sen-Pol de Vence
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