Chaim Soutine

(Belarusian/French, 1893–1943)

Chaim Soutine was a French-Russian painter who created expressive landscapes, still lifes, and portraits, with sweeping brushstrokes that distorted reality. The many hours he spent time studying the still-life paintings of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin and Rembrandt in the Louvre, led Soutine to create his well-known Carcass of Beef series. “Once I saw the village butcher slice the neck of a bird and drain the blood out of it. I wanted to cry out, but his joyful expression caught the sound in my throat,” he once explained. “When I painted the beef carcass it was this cry I tried to liberate. I have still not succeeded.” Born Chaïm Soutine on January 13, 1893 in Smilavcihya (a Jewish shtetl near Minsk), Russian Empire (present-day Belarus), he attended the Vilna Academy of Fine Arts in Lithuania before emigrating to Paris, where studied under the academic painter Fernand Cormon at the École des Beaux-Arts. It was around this time that Soutine met Amedeo Modigliani, whose use of elongated forms to emphasis the psychological aspects of perception bonded the two artists and provided mutual inspiration. In the decades that followed, Soutine experienced success, including the sale of 60 works to the American art collector Albert C. Barnes. The artist died on August 9, 1943 in Paris, France. Today, Soutine’s works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art among others.

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Chaim Soutine (561 results)
Jeune homme obliquement étendu, 1921–1922

Chaim Soutine

Jeune homme obliquement étendu, 1921–1922

Sale Date: May 2, 2012

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Promenade auprès du village, 1918–1919

Chaim Soutine

Promenade auprès du village, 1918–1919

Sale Date: February 9, 2012

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Poissons et tomates, 1924

Chaim Soutine

Poissons et tomates, 1924

Sale Date: February 8, 2012

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Les grands prés à Chartres, au viaduc, 1934

Chaim Soutine

Les grands prés à Chartres, au viaduc, 1934

Sale Date: February 8, 2012

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Maisons aux toits pointus, 1920–1921

Chaim Soutine

Maisons aux toits pointus, 1920–1921

Sale Date: February 8, 2012

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Paysage à l'âne, 1918

Chaim Soutine

Paysage à l'âne, 1918

Sale Date: February 8, 2012

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L'Arbre de Vence, 1929

Chaim Soutine

L'Arbre de Vence, 1929

Sale Date: December 1, 2011

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Landscape with houses, 1918

Chaim Soutine

Landscape with houses, 1918

Sale Date: December 1, 2011

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Tête de femme, en buste, 1940

Chaim Soutine

Tête de femme, en buste, 1940

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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Les peupliers, 1939

Chaim Soutine

Les peupliers, 1939

Sale Date: November 3, 2011

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Femme au parapluie, 1942

Chaim Soutine

Femme au parapluie, 1942

Sale Date: November 3, 2011

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Portrait d'un jeune homme, 1923–1924

Chaim Soutine

Portrait d'un jeune homme, 1923–1924

Sale Date: November 2, 2011

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L'Arbre, 1939

Chaim Soutine

L'Arbre, 1939

Sale Date: November 2, 2011

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Le valet de chambre, 1927

Chaim Soutine

Le valet de chambre, 1927

Sale Date: November 1, 2011

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Soutine (portfolio of 8), 1966

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Soutine (portfolio of 8), 1966

Sale Date: September 22, 2011

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Le lièvre, 1918–1919

Chaim Soutine

Le lièvre, 1918–1919

Sale Date: July 6, 2011

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Femme couchée, 1940

Chaim Soutine

Femme couchée, 1940

Sale Date: July 6, 2011

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Les grands prés à Chartres, au viaduc, 1934

Chaim Soutine

Les grands prés à Chartres, au viaduc, 1934

Sale Date: June 22, 2011

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Bouquet de fleurs, 1919

Chaim Soutine

Bouquet de fleurs, 1919

Sale Date: June 22, 2011

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Soutine (portfolio of 8), 1966

Chaim Soutine

Soutine (portfolio of 8), 1966

Sale Date: May 20, 2011

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Paysage, 1939

Chaim Soutine

Paysage, 1939

Sale Date: May 20, 2011

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La servante en bleu, 1934

Chaim Soutine

La servante en bleu, 1934

Sale Date: May 4, 2011

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Jeune femme couchée dans l'herbe (Le trèfle..., 1939

Chaim Soutine

Jeune femme couchée dans l'herbe (Le trèfle..., 1939

Sale Date: February 9, 2011

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La fillette en robe bleue au col rouge, 1928

Chaim Soutine

La fillette en robe bleue au col rouge, 1928

Sale Date: February 8, 2011

Auction Closed

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