Maker/Artist
Chagall, Marc
Belarusian painter and printmaker, 1887-1985, active in France
Chagall was a prolific artist who was famous for his use of color and folkloric imagery. He preferred to be known as a Belarusian artist; however, following his exile from the Soviet Union in 1923 he was known as a major figure of the French École de Paris. Artist, b. in Russia, lived in France. Comment on works: religious, genre,