Part I. Russia : "My sad and joyful town": Vitebsk, 1887-1900
At Pen's: Vitebsk, 1900-1907
Forbidden city: St. Petersburg, 1907-1908
Thea: Vitebsk and St. Petersburg, 1908-1909
Belle: Vitebsk, 1909 - Léon Bakst: St. Petersburg, 1909-1911
"Surnaturel!": Paris, 1911-1912
Blaise Cendrars: Paris, 1912-1913
"My ferocious genius": Paris, 1913-1914
Homecoming: Vitebsk, 1914-1915
Married man: Petrograd, 1915-1917
Commissar Chagall and Comrade Malevich: Vitebsk, 1917-1920
Chagall's box: Moscow, 1920-1922
Part II. Exile : Der Sturm: Berlin, 1922-1923
Dead souls: Paris, 1923-1924
"Lumière-Liberté": Paris, 1924-1927
The prophets: Paris, 1928-1933
Wandering Jew: Paris, 1934-1937
White crucifixion: Paris and Gordes, 1937-1941
America: New York, 1941-1944
Virginia: New York and High Falls, 1944-1948
Return to Europe: Orgeval and Vence, 1948-1952
Decade of the large wall: Vence and St. Paul, 1960-1970
"I was a good artist, wasn't I?": St. Paul, 1971-1985.
