Background
1895 Bella Rosenfeld was born into the wealthy Jewish family of a Vitebsk jeweler.
1895 Bella Rosenfeld was born into the wealthy Jewish family of a Vitebsk jeweler.
She was the subject of many of Chagall"s paintings including Bella with White Collar in 1917. 1909 She met Marc Chagall, at that time, a penniless apprentice of Léon Bakst. According to Marc, their love started the moment they saw each other and continued for 35 years.
1918 they returned to Vitebsk
1922 they emigrated to Lithuania and then to Germany.
1924 they moved to Paris. 1939 they moved to the south of France
1941 arrested in Marseille and then fled to the United States
September 2, 1944 Bella died from a viral infection
1946 Marc Chagall published her most famous book The Burning Lights.