Marc Chagall was a widely-celebrated artist who worked in various mediums including oil painting, stained glass, theater, ceramics, and more.

Chagall was born in the Russian Empire in what is now known as Belarus on July 07, 1887. He later moved to France and in during the Second World War, the United States of America. Marc Chegall passed away on March 28, 1985 at the age of 97.

Vivian R. Jacobson has been a lecturer on Marc Chagall since 1978 and has presented in twenty-two states, Europe, and Israel. She is highly praised as an outstanding lecturer, author, and historian on the artist. She was President of the American Friends of the Chagall Biblical Museum, Nice, France from 1978 – 1982 and Chairman of the Chagall Tapestry Project, Chicago, Illinois from 1982 – 1986. She has been an honored lecturer on Chagall for the North Carolina Humanities Council. Jacobson was privileged to work with Chagall the last eleven years of his life. In August of 2020 she donated her entire collection of Chagall books, exhibition catalogues, articles, photos, etc. to the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Her collection is known as the Jacobson Chagall Art Research Collection and is now available worldwide for scholars and students. Vivian Jacobson will personally sign her book SHARING CHAGALL: A MEMOIR at the end of the lecture.