Chaim Soutine: A collection of 561 paintings (HD)

Chaim Soutine: A collection of 561 paintings (HD)

Description: "One of the great expressionist painters, Chaim Soutine was born in Russia, but spent most of his adult life in France, where he was part of the Ecole de Paris. He studied art at the Vilna Academy of Fine Arts and then in Paris with a tutor of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. His initial focus was mostly on still life painting, although he gradually moved towards portraits and landscapes. His later works are more reflective of expressionism, his main influences being his friends Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Marc Chagall (1887-1985) and Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920). Soutine's best known works are impasto portraits of cooks, page boys, and waiters, such as: Little Pastry Cook (c.1921, Portland Art Museum) an...