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1887

Born on July 7, Vitebsk, Russia

1907 - 1910

Studied at the Imperial Society for the Protection of the Arts; Saint Petersburg

1918

Appointed Commissar for Art, founded the Vitebsk Popular Art School

1927

Recognized as a leading painter of the School of Paris and founding member of the Association des Peintres-Graveurs

1939

Awarded first prize by the Carnegie Foundation, Pittsburgh

1948

Awarded the Grand Prix de Gravure at the Venice Biennale

1959

Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

1965

Awarded an Honorary Degree by Notre-Dame University, Indiana

1977

Awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion d’Honneur

1985

Died on March 28, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France