Discusses the life and work of the artist Chagall, from his birth in Russia to his death at the age of ninety-seven.

Presents a brief overview of the life and work of this Russian artist, describing and giving examples of his work.

An insightful portrait of the Russian-born modernist artist describes his stunning studies of the lost world of Eastern European Jewry in his paintings of the shtetl life of his childhood, his pioneering role in twentieth-century art, his colorful personal life, and his lasting artistic legacy, in a study highlighted by more than forty reproductions of important paintings.