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Marc Chagall was born in Vitebsk, Belarus, in 1887. In 1907 he studied art with Leon Bakst in St. Petersburg; 1910 Settles in Paris until 1914; 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.