They fell in love in 1909 in St. Petersburg. Bella Rosenfeld, who was the 19-year-old daughter of a wealthy jeweler, and Mark, seven years her senior, still attending art school. They were both born and raised in Vitebsk. And they never saw each other. Two from completely different worlds. And for both, it was love at first sight. According to Chagall, their love began at the moment when they first saw each other, and lasted 35 years. Bella's family Bella Rosenfeld (1895-1944) - writer and wife of the famous Marc Chagall.
How the daughter of a St. Petersburg jeweler taught Marc Chagall to fly: Beautiful Bella Rosenfeld