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Marc Chagall was born in 1887 to Jewish parents in the Belarusian city of Vitebsk. He was 20 years old when he went to St. Petersburg to study painting. He saw European modernist paintings there for the first time and was so fascinated by them that he traveled to Paris in 1910. He rented a tiny workroom in the studio house “La Ruche”, his neighbors were Léger and Modigliani, he met Soutine, Archipenko and the Delaunays. Chagall lived in the midst of the avant-garde, but he was not interested in modern technology and looking to the future, but in how he could most effectively capture the nostalgic, poetic world of his childhood memories - one reason why art lovers today specifically buy a Chagall original.When he saw the colors and shapes of the Cubists, he knew that he could use them to depict the rapture of the small town with its crooked wooden huts as well as the Jewish family celebrations, the frenzy of first love or the flying violinist as a symbol of Ahazver, the restless Jew.From then on, Chagall playfully merged set pieces from his memories with moments of Russian folklore, religion, nostalgia and fantasy - and was successful: Herwarth Walden, Berlin art dealer and publisher of the magazine “Sturm”, discovered Chagall in 1913 and immediately organized an exhibition in Berlin, which made the young artist famous in one fell swoop. These early works are particularly valuable for collectors who want to acquire signed works by Marc Chagall.Chagall spent the years of the First World War back in Vitebsk. He marries his childhood sweetheart Bella Rosenfeld, briefly becomes “Commissioner of Fine Arts” in 1918, but moves back to Paris with his wife in 1923. The young artist was soon doing well in business: he had exhibitions, painted, illustrated books and, in 1930, received the enormous commission to illustrate the Bible. His Bible illustrations in particular are often available on the art market signed by Chagall.In 1941, Chagall fled to the USA with his family. The death of his wife in 1944 interrupted his creative flow for many months. Early nudes and couple paintings express Chagall's deep affection for her with strong erotic symbolism. These works are a hymn to the happiness of human harmony and visualize the myth of man and woman - anyone who wants to buy one of these works as Chagall is not only investing in art, but also in an emotional message.When he returned to Paris in 1947, several European capitals showed a retrospective of the now 60-year-old artist. Chagall's early pictures, which transport the viewer into a delicately colored, apolitical ideal world, are popular - especially in the form of lithographs, which collectors buy specifically as Marc Chagall lithographs.By depicting the ancient love story of “Daphnis and Chloé”, Chagall also came to terms with personal changes in his private life. He married the Russian Valentina Brodsky in 1952. On the Greek island of Paros, the new circle of life began that Chagall needed in order to be able to work in a protected environment. These events are depicted in “Daphnis and Chloé”. Spaces of silence alternate with exuberant festivities. But above everything hovers tangible love, detached from the difficulties of human existence. Chagall worked intensively on this cycle for three years. The cycle, a series of 42 original color lithographs, is a masterpiece of illustration in 20th century art - particularly sought-after if you can acquire one signed by Marc Chagall.In addition to lithographs and Bible illustrations, Chagall also created monumental art in public spaces: at the end of the 1950s, Chagall discovered stained glass. Until the 1970s, he designed windows for numerous large European churches, a synagogue in Jerusalem and the United Nations. At the same time, he created ceiling paintings for the Paris Opera and murals in Tel Aviv, Tokyo and New York. The aged Chagall worked tirelessly - and even today, art lovers around the world want to own a piece of this creative power, for example by buying a Chagall lithograph or searching specifically for Marc Chagall.

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