馬克．夏卡爾(Marc Chagall)在藝術史中佔有難以磨滅的巨匠地位，1887年誕生於俄國維台普斯克(Vitsyebsk)的猶太區，1907年進入聖彼得堡的美術學校習畫，1911年至當時已是世界藝術中心的巴黎留學，被視為二十世紀創立超現實主義(Surrealism)風格最重要的藝術家。夏卡爾的畫作總是充滿著浪漫幻想與瑰麗如詩意般的氛圍，他擷取了立體畫派的切割構圖技法及野獸派狂放豪邁的色彩，在線條與色塊的脈動中將事物以一種幽默、無意識的獨特手法表現出隱蘊在其中的感性思維，如在天上拉小提琴的羊、長了眼睛的房子、不受地心引力控制的樂手等天馬行空的畫面，都充分地表露了他大量受到俄國風俗和猶太傳統文化背景影響的純真率性與眷戀故鄉的濃烈思緒，以另類的象徵手法及詩化意象來表述自己內心的澎湃情懷。

Marc Chagall plays a very crucial role in the history of art. He was born in 1887 in the Jewish area in Virsyebsk, Russia, and had entered Saint Peter’s Art School to learn painting in 1907. In 1911, he went to Paris, which is the world’s center of arts then, and he was considered the most important artist for surrealism in the 20th century. Chagall’s paintings are full of romantic fantasies and poetic atmosphere. He combined structure-cutting techniques of cubism and the wild, bold colors of fauvism, adding humorous, subconscious techniques to interpret the hidden sensitivities, such as a ship playing violin in the sky, house with eyes, the musician that isn’t controlled by the gravity…etc. His works showed his limitless imaginations, child-like innocence, nostalgia, and how the artist is deeply influenced by the folk culture of Russia and Jewish traditional cultures; the artist interpreted the surge in his heart by unique symbolizing and poetic techniques.