Bella Rosenfeld Chagall (russian: link=no, Бэлла Розенфельд-Шагал, 15 November 1895,

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– 2 September 1944,

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) was a Jewish Belarusian writer and the first wife of painter

Marc Chagall Marc Chagall; russian: link=no, Марк Заха́рович Шага́л ; be, Марк Захаравіч Шагал . (born Moishe Shagal; 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with se ...

. She was the subject of many of Chagall's paintings including '' Bella au col blanc (Bella with White Collar)'' in 1917, and appears posthumously in '' Bouquet près de la fenêtre'', painted in 1959–1960.

Timeline of her biography

*1895 Bella Rosenfeld was born into the wealthy Jewish family of a

jeweler. *1909 She met

, at that time, a penniless apprentice of

Léon Bakst Léon Bakst (russian: Леон (Лев) Николаевич Бакст, Leon (Lev) Nikolaevich Bakst) – born as Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich (later Samoylovich) Rosenberg, Лейб-Хаим Израилевич (Самойлович) Розенбе ...

. According to Marc, their love started the moment they saw each other and continued for 35 years. *1915 they were married and moved to

Petrograd Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. *1916 she gave birth to their daughter Ida. *1918 they returned to

*1922 they emigrated to

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and then to Germany. *1924 they moved to Paris. *1939 they moved to the south of France *1941 arrested in

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and then fled to the United States *2 September 1944 Bella died from a bacterial infection *1946 Posthumously, Bella Chagall's most famous book, ''The Burning Lights'', was published.

Works

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Bibliography

*Shishanov V. «These young people were socialists … ». Participants of revolutionary movement in Marc Chagall and Belly Rozenfeld's environment // ''Bulletin of the Museum of Marc Chagall''. 2005. №13. P. 64-74

*Shishanov, V. «Wishing to arrive...» (Documents on study Belly Rozenfeld on the Moscow higher female courses)// The Chagalovsky sbornik. Release. 3. Materials X – XIV Chagalovsky readings in Vitebsk (2000–2004). Minsk: «Riftur», 2008. P.176-18

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