Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), the unconventional and controversial painter of Belorussian origin, combines influences of classic European painting with Post-Impressionism and Expressionism.

Study of the painter.

Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), peintre d’origine biélorusse, inconventionnel et controversé, combine influences de la peinture classique européenne avec postimpressionnisme et expressionnisme.

Prepared for a loan exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Oct. 31, 1950 to Jan. 7, 1951, and at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Jan. 30 to Mar. 18, 1951. "Catalog of the exhibition": pages 112-114.

Rich in period detail, Stanley Meisler's Shocking Paris explores the short, dramatic life of one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.

Soutine's place within his page provides an opportunity to develop several themes that are particularly typical of this artist's work: the fascination with ugliness, the birth of a Jewish artist, the impossibility of escaping one's fate ...

In the summer of 1943, artist Chaim Soutine is living in the small French village of Champigny-sur-Veude with his lover, Marie-Berthe Aurenche.