Love is another key theme in Chagall paintings especially those of his first wife, bella. Chagall married Bella in 1915. Her role in Chagall life and art was very important. Chagall painted many images of them together, and these works clearly show the feelings of romantic love and joy he felt for her. Even after her death in 1944, Bella continued to inspire his work. Chagall continued using these themes as he developed his independent artistic style. He learned about cubism while living in Paris, where many famous modernist artists of the time lived. Chagall said I owe all I have done to paris yet he never was part of any art movement. chagall power is in the way he used the cubist and abstract styles of his time to create his own dreamlike images of the subjects he loved.