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Marc Chagall Biography
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1887 |
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Born: July 7, Vitebsk, Russia
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1907 - 1910 |
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Studied at the Imperial Society for the Protection of the Arts; Saint Petersburg
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1918 |
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Appointed Commissar for Art, founded the Vitebsk Popular Art School
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1927 |
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Recognized as a leading painter of the School of Paris and founding member of the Association des Peintres-Graveurs
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1939 |
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Awarded first prize by the Carnegie Foundation, Pittsburgh
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1948 |
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Awarded the Grand Prix de Gravure at the Venice Biennale
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1959 |
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Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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1965 |
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Awarded an Honorary Degree by Notre-Dame University, Indiana
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1977 |
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Awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion d'Honneur
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1985 |
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Died: March 28, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Marc Chagall, MAN - Museo d'Arte di Nuoro, Nuoro
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2007
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Marc Chagall: The Bible Series, Louisiana Art & Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
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2006
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Marc Chagall, Tale Art Museum, Lillestrom
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1985
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Marc Chagall: Retrospectives; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; Royal Academy, London
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1983
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Oeuvres sur papier exhibition: National Museum of Modern Art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
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1982
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Marc Chagall: Retrospectives; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Louisianer Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
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1977 - 1978
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Marc Chagall: The artist’s work from 1967 to 1977; Musée du Louvre, Paris
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1974
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Marc Chagall: Retrospective of engraved works (prints); National Gallery, East Berlin and Dresden
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1970
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Hommage a Marc Chagall; Musee du Grand-Palais, Paris
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1967
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Marc Chagall: Retrospectives; Zurich, Cologne and the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence
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1963
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Marc Chagall: Retrospective; National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
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1959
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Marc Chagall: Retrospective; Museum of Decorative Arts, Palais du Louvre, Paris
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1951
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Marc Chagall: Retrospective; Jerusalem
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1947
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Marc Chagall: Retrospective; Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris
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1946
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Marc Chagall: Retrospective; Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1942
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Artists in Exile; New York
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1938
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Marc Chagall: Retrospective; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
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1933
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Marc Chagall: Retrospective; Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
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1926
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Marc Chagall: Solo Exhibition; Reinhardt Gallery, New York
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1924
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Marc Chagall: Retrospective; Galerie Barbazanges-Hodebert, Paris
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1913
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Marc Chagall: Solo Exhibition; Der Sturm Gallery, Berlin
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1912
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Participated in the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d’Automne; Paris, France
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| Links to further information |
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