THE ART OF CHAGALL (Part 1) THE ART OF CHAGALL is a survey of the early life and art of this quintessential Jewish artist. From his birth in Vitebsk, an East European village (shtetl), he goes to St. Petersburg to study art and then to Paris. There he encounters the avant-garde aesthetics of Modernism. It has a powerful impact upon him and his future development. The beginnings of an exciting life!