 By 1926 he had his first exhibition in the United States at the Reinhardt gallery of New York which included about 100 works, although he did not travel to the opening.He instead stayed in France, "painting ceaselessly", notes Baal-Teshuva.It was not until 1927 that Chagall made his name in the French art world, when art critic and historian Maurice Raynal awarded him a place in his book "Modern French Painters".