Marc Chagall (Belarus,Vitebsk 1887–1985 France, Saint-Paul-de-Vence) Artist of Belarusian Jewish origin Painted in 1910-11, 'Nature morte' dates from a pivotal period in Chagall’s career. He had left his home in Vitebsk in 1910, travelling first to St. Petersburgh and then arriving in Paris in the summer of that year at the age of twenty. Within two days of his arrival in Paris, Chagall had visited the Salon des Indépendants and there he saw the work of a panoply of contemporary French artists,