Marc ChagallBelarusian, French, 1887–1985The Praying Jew
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Art Institute of Chicago
Room391Chicago, United States
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- 1937.188
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Meanwhile, in the life of Marc Chagall
The whole lifeearly 1913
First Solo Exhibition
In early 1913 Chagall's first solo exhibition was held at the Académie Marie Vassilieff in Paris.
25 July 1915
Wedding to Bella Rosenfeld
On 25 July 1915 Marc Chagall and Bella Rosenfeld were married.
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.
1922
Emigration from Soviet Russia
In 1922 he left with his family for Lithuania, where an exhibition of his work was held in Kaunas, and from there went on to Germany.
1923
Travel: France
