| Timeline |
| 1887 |
Born 7 July in Vitebsk, Byelorussia |
| 1907 |
Studies art with Leon Bakst in St. Petersburg |
| 1910 |
Settles in Paris until 1914
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| 1914 |
Holds a one-man show in Berlin, exhibiting work dominated by Jewish images and personages |
| 1917 |
Appointed Commissar for Fine Arts in Vitebsk |
| 1919 |
Appointed the art director of the Moscow Jewish State Theatre |
| 1922 |
Leaves Russia, eventually settling in Paris |
| 1931 |
Visits Israel for the opening of the Tel Aviv Art Museum |
| 1941 |
Spends the war years in the United States (until 1948) |
| 1973 |
The Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall (National Museum of the Marc Chagall Biblical Message) opens in Nice, France |
| 1985 |
Dies 28 March in St. Paul de Vence, France |
