Marc Chagall

AKA:

The Last of the 20th Century Masters

Birth Name:

Moishe Shagal

Birth Date:

July 6, 1887

Birth Place:

Liozna, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire

Death Date:

March 28, 1985

Place of Death:

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France

Age:

Cause of Death:

Natural causes

Cemetery Name:

Le cimetière - Saint-Paul de Vence

Claim to Fame:

Artists

Marc Chagall was a Russian and French artist considered by many the last great master of his century. An early modernist, he was associated with the École de Paris, as well as several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine art prints. Merging Cubism, Fauvism, and Surrealism, Marc Chagall ploughed a bold, bright, and distinctly abstract furrow as a pioneering modernist in the early 20th century. He created dream-like figurative and narrative art exploring life in Russia and France and his Jewish identity, and he influenced generations of future artists in the process. Some of his greatest works of art include I and the Village (1911), Paris Through the Window (1913), Green Violinist (1923-24) and Le cheval de cirque (Circus Horse) (1964).

Fun Fact

Les Amoureux was painted, and sold, in 1928, and has been with the same family for the last nine decades. In 2017 Les Amoureux sold to a Russian bidder for $28.5 million, becoming the top lot of the auction and the highest price paid for a Chagall work.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Le cimetière - Saint-Paul de Vence

Chemin de Nice, 06570

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, ,

France

Europe

Map:

Guide to Marc Chagall's gravesite

Grave Location:

Chagall Family Plot

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery from the south-most corner off Chemin de Nice, look for the chapel on the first plateau. Facing the chapel turn around and walk towards the end of the first section. Turn left and walk to the wall that borders the cemetery and one row in from the wall look for the final resting place of legendary French artist Marc Chagall. There is also a stone map at the entry gate showing the precise location.