Raised in a Hasidic family, Chagall attended local Jewish religious schools - obligatory for Russian Jews during this time, since discrimination policies prohibited mixing of different racial groups - where he studied Hebrew and the Old Testament.

What did Marc Chagall originally want to become?

Chagall was initially enthusiastic about the Russian Revolution of October 1917; he became commissar for art in the Vitebsk region and launched into ambitious projects for a local art academy and museum.

Why did Marc Chagall paint goats?

Traditionally in the Jewish faith, goats were often offered as sacrifices. And also, according to the audio commentary, for Chagall the goat also represented the way in which the Jews were badly treated in Russia and across Europe, especially during the Holocaust.