(1887- 1985)

born as Moishe Segal in Vitebsk, White Russia (now in Belarus).  he studied art in st. Petersburg, and in 1910 he settled in the artists quarter  in Paris, where he met Modigliani and Fernand Leger.

The art of chagall is abundant with many influences; some see him as the earliest surrealists, because of his dream- like paintings, others tie Chagall to the Cubists and even to Primitivism, since he draw in a very childish style.

Most of Chagall's themes were taken from his jewish folklore, even in Paris he kept painting his childood memories from his home town in White Russia and themes from the bible.

Chagall said that: "For me, the bible is pure poetry, human tragedy… it fills me with visions about the faith of the world and it is inspires me… I see life and art through the wisdom of the bible"…

Original works by Marc Chagall can be found in the Engel Galleries Israeli art collection.