Bella Rosenfeld
Bella Rosenfeld Chagall | |
|---|---|
| Born | Basia-Reiza Rosenfeld 4 December 1889 Vitebsk, Belarus |
| Died | 2 September 1944 (aged 54) |
| Known for | Author |
| Spouses | Marc Chagall |
| Children | 1 |
Bella Rosenfeld Chagall (Russian: Бэлла Розенфельд-Шагал, Yiddish: בעלאַ ראָזענפעלד) (14 December 1889 – 2 September 1944) was a Jewish Russian writer born in Vitebsk, Russian Empire, nowadays Belarus, and the first wife of painter Marc Chagall. She was the subject of many of Chagall's paintings including Bella au col blanc (Bella with White Collar) in 1917, and appears posthumously in Bouquet près de la fenêtre, painted in 1959–1960.