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Born in Vitebsk to a poor Jewish family, Chagall later studied painting in St. Petersburg while working part time as a sign painter. He moved to Paris to continue his studies and was greatly influenced by the Cubists. Chagall studied in Berlin and then returned to Russia where he was appointed Minister for Fine Arts for Vitebsk, a post he later left to work with the Jewish Theater of Moscow. Chagall lived and worked in Paris, New York and Venice. He designed sets and costumes for the Paris and New York City Ballets, created 12 stained glass windows for the Hadassah Medical Center of Jerusalem, painted 2 large murals for the new Metropolitan Opera House in New York and in 1968 created the stained glass windows for the cathedral in Metz. Throughout his career, Chagall worked with the themes of birth, marriage and death, as well as religious subjects. A prolific book artist, his most famous titles include "Arabian Nights," 1948; "Fables de la Fontaine," 1952; "Bible," 1956; "Daphnis & Chloe" 1961; "Cirque," 1967; "L'Odyssee," 1975. |
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