Houses at Vitebsk
Marc Chagall
1917
Medium
oil on paper on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 47.3 x 61.3 cm (18 5/8 x 24 1/8 in.) framed: 73 x 87 cm (28 3/4 x 34 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John U. Nef and Mr. and Mrs. William Wood Prince
Accession Number
1973.7.1
About the Artist
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall, born Moishe Shagal on July 7, 1887, in Liozna near Vitebsk in the Russian Empire (now Belarus), grew up as the eldest of nine children in a devout Jewish family confined to the Pale of Settlement. His father worked as a herring merchant's porter, while his mother sold groceries from home, instilling in young Chagall a deep connection to Hasidic Judaism and Eastern European folklore a...