Marc ChagallBelarusian, French, 1887–1985Houses at Vitebsk
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Houses at Vitebsk” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1973.7.1
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Marc Chagall
The whole life25 July 1915
Wedding to Bella Rosenfeld
On 25 July 1915 Marc Chagall and Bella Rosenfeld were married.
25 July 1915
Married: Bella Rosenfeld
September 1915
Service in the War Industry Committee
In September 1915 he went to Petrograd and entered the service of the War Industry Committee.
18 May 1916
Birth of Daughter Ida
In 1916 his only daughter, Ida, was born in Vitebsk; she later became her father's biographer and a scholar of his work.
1918
Commissar of Arts for Vitebsk Governorate
In the summer of 1918, after meeting Lunacharsky, he was appointed plenipotentiary Commissar for the Arts of Vitebsk Governorate; he founded the People's Art School and an art museum in Vitebsk.
28 January 1919
Opening of the Vitebsk Art School
On 28 January 1919 Chagall opened the Vitebsk Art School, to which he attracted El Lissitzky and Kazimir Malevich, and also hired his first teacher, Yehuda (Yuri) Pen.
![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
