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Marc Chagall (Yidish: מאַרק שאַגאַל‎; Russian: Марк Захарович Шага́л Mark Zakharovich Shagal; Belarusian: Мойша Захаравіч Шагалаў Mojša Zaharavič Šagałaŭ) (7 July 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Belarusian-French painter of Jewish origin who was born in Belarus, at that time part of the Russian Empire. He is associated with the modern movements after impressionism.

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  • 2 of his major works are "Synagogue at Safed" (1931) & "King David" (1951)
  • (James Lipton reads.) At 20, you went to St. Petersburg's Imperial School of Fine Arts, in 1907; what's your favorite Russian curse word?
  • This Russian-born French painter served as art director of the Moscow Jewish State Theater from 1919 to 1922
  • He made his "marc" on murals at the Met
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Knesset in Jerusalem.) National ceremonies at the Knesset often take place in the hall named for & featuring the works of this Russian-born artist; his triptych took four years to complete
  • His 1911 painting "I and the Village" uses the simple shapes of Russian folk art
  • Born in the Jewish village of Vitebsk in 1887, this painter lived till the ripe old age of 97
  • In 2001 his "Study for 'Over Vitebsk'" wandered off during a cocktail reception at the Jewish Museum in New York

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