Marc Chagall began his artistic education in 1907 at a painting school and then, from 1908 to 1910, studied at the school of Elizaveta Zvantseva. In the same year he travelled to Paris in search of inspiration for his work. In 1913 Chagall became acquainted with the art dealer Herwarth Walden, who, in the spring of 1914, organized Chagall's first exhibition. In 1919 the artist ran an art school in Vitebsk, now in Belarus. In 1920 he travelled once more to Berlin, where he took part in the First Russian Exhibition of Art in 1922. In the same year, following a commission from the art dealer Paul Cassirer, Chagall began a series of etchings for the publication of a book of 'My Life'. In 1923 he moved to Paris where he met the publisher Ambroise Vollard, for whom he illustrated 'Dead Souls' by Nikolai Gogol. In 1925, Chagall received a commission from Vollard to illustrate the fables of Jean de La Fontaine. In 1930 he began to produce Bible illustrations. The familiar environment of his hometown of Vitebsk and motifs from the Bible and from the circus form the central themes in his work. Chagall is viewed as one of the most important painters of the 20th Century.
Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Essen, Museum Folkwang, Hamburg, Kunsthalle Köln, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum Nizza, Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne Paris, Sammlung Rondinesco Jerusalem, Israel-Museum Sankt Petersburg, Schloss Michailowski Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, Sammlung Ida Meyer-Chagall Luzern, Galerie Rosengarten Zürich, Sammlung E.G. Bührle Zürich, Kunsthaus Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe-Museum, Eindhoven Lüttich, Musée des Beaux Arts London, Tate Gallery Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago New York, Sammlung Helen Seger New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York, Museum of Modern Art New York, Albright Know Art Gallery, Bufallo New York, Metropolitan Opera New York Pierre Matisse Gallery
Marc Chagall, Mein Leben, Übersetzung von Lothar Klünner, 1959 Bella Chagall, Brennende Lichter, Reinbek 1966 Bella Chagall, Erste Begegnung, Reinbek 1971 Virginia Haggard, Sieben Jahre der Fülle – Leben mit Chagall, Zürich 1987 David McNeil, Auf den Spuren eines Engels – Die Kindheit mit meinem Vater Marc Chagall, Berlin 2005 Nikolaj Aaron, Marc Chagall, Reinbek 2003 Werner Haftmann, Marc Chagall, Köln 1977 Franz Meyer, Marc Chagall. Leben und Werk, Köln 1961 Pierre Schneider, Marc Chagall – Fast ein Jahrhundert, Stuttgart 1995 Charles Sorlier, Marc Chagall, Traum, Vision und Wirklichkeit, München 1995 Izis Bidermanas / Roy McMullen, Marc Chagalls Welt, Stuttgart 1968 Sylvie Forestier, Marc Chagall – Seine Bilder, Seine Welt, Stuttgart/Zürich 1988 Bella Chagall, Das graphische Werk Stuttgart 1988 Haus der Kunst München (Hrsg.), MC. Ausgewählte Graphik. München 1978 München, 1978 Roland Doschka (Hrsg.), Marc Chagall – Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, München 2003 Die Chagall Bibel. Einheitsübersetzung der Heiligen Schrift. Vorwort und Bilderklärungen: Christoph Goldmann, Stuttgart 1998.
