Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall was a Belorussian-born French painter, printmaker, and designer known for composing images based on emotional and poetic associations rather than pictorial logic, predating Surrealism with works like I and the Village [2]. Born into a Jewish family in Vitebsk, Russian Empire (now Belarus), he moved to Paris in 1911, became a prominent figure in the École de Paris, and later lived in the United States during World War II before returning to France [2][3][4]. He died in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, at age 97, becoming the last surviving original European master of modern art [2][4].