Marc Chagall
Painter
(Vitebsk, Belarus, 1887 - 1985, France)
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ULAN: Belorussian painter and designer, 1887-1985, active in France
Note: Chagall was a prolific artist who was famous for his use of color and folkloric imagery. He preferred to be known as a Belorussian 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.
Active in France, Germany, Russia, and the United States
Some information from Getty's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN)