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This original vintage poster by Marc Chagall was created in 1965 for the Paris Opera House for a performance of Romeo and Juliet. Chagall also created a mural on the ceiling of the famous opera house. He was best known for his dream-like images with colorful, floating figures and objects. This poster also includes famous monuments of Paris in the background. Marc Zakharovich Chagall, born Moishe Zakharovich Shagal (1887 - 1985), was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin. An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in virtually every artistic format, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints. Art critic Robert Hughes referred to Chagall as "the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century" (though Chagall saw his work as "not the dream of one people but of all humanity"). According to art historian Michael J. Lewis, Chagall was considered to be "the