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.

Chaim Soutine Artworks

Chaim Soutine (561 results)
Le garçon en bleu, 1924

Chaim Soutine

Le garçon en bleu, 1924

Sale Date: May 3, 2005

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L'âne, 1934

Chaim Soutine

L'âne, 1934

Sale Date: April 1, 2005

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Le pâtissier de Cagnes, 1922–1923

Chaim Soutine

Le pâtissier de Cagnes, 1922–1923

Sale Date: February 8, 2005

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Les arbres au bord de la route, 1942

Chaim Soutine

Les arbres au bord de la route, 1942

Sale Date: February 9, 2005

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Self portrait

Chaim Soutine

Self portrait

Sale Date: December 1, 2004

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L'enfant en bleu assis, 1937

Chaim Soutine

L'enfant en bleu assis, 1937

Sale Date: November 18, 2004

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Paysage à Champigny, 1942

Chaim Soutine

Paysage à Champigny, 1942

Sale Date: November 4, 2004

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Nature morte aux poivrons et aux carottes, 1918

Chaim Soutine

Nature morte aux poivrons et aux carottes, 1918

Sale Date: November 4, 2004

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La route peu rassurante, 1918–1919

Chaim Soutine

La route peu rassurante, 1918–1919

Sale Date: November 4, 2004

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Les gorges du loup (La maison hantée) IV, 1923

Chaim Soutine

Les gorges du loup (La maison hantée) IV, 1923

Sale Date: November 4, 2004

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Villages à gauche, arbres à droite, 1922–1923

Chaim Soutine

Villages à gauche, arbres à droite, 1922–1923

Sale Date: November 5, 2004

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Le chasseur de Chez Maxim's, 1925

Chaim Soutine

Le chasseur de Chez Maxim's, 1925

Sale Date: November 5, 2004

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Portrait de jeune fille (Paulette..., 1928–1928

Chaim Soutine

Portrait de jeune fille (Paulette..., 1928–1928

Sale Date: June 22, 2004

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Portrait de Charlot, 1937–1937

Chaim Soutine

Portrait de Charlot, 1937–1937

Sale Date: June 22, 2004

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Femme couchée, 1940–1940

Chaim Soutine

Femme couchée, 1940–1940

Sale Date: June 22, 2004

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Les harengs et la bouteille de Chianti, 1917–1917

Chaim Soutine

Les harengs et la bouteille de Chianti, 1917–1917

Sale Date: June 22, 2004

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La sieste, 1934–1934

Chaim Soutine

La sieste, 1934–1934

Sale Date: June 21, 2004

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L'arbre de Vence, 1929–1929

Chaim Soutine

L'arbre de Vence, 1929–1929

Sale Date: June 21, 2004

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La femme entrant dans l'eau, 1931–1931

Chaim Soutine

La femme entrant dans l'eau, 1931–1931

Sale Date: June 21, 2004

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Nature morte au chou rouge, 1918–1918

Chaim Soutine

Nature morte au chou rouge, 1918–1918

Sale Date: June 23, 2004

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Arbres à Auxerre, 1939–1939

Chaim Soutine

Arbres à Auxerre, 1939–1939

Sale Date: June 23, 2004

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Les faisans, 1926–1926

Chaim Soutine

Les faisans, 1926–1926

Sale Date: May 6, 2004

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Paysage avec des personnages, 1920–1920

Chaim Soutine

Paysage avec des personnages, 1920–1920

Sale Date: May 5, 2004

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Les gorges du Loup (La maison hantée) IV, 1923–1923

Chaim Soutine

Les gorges du Loup (La maison hantée) IV, 1923–1923

Sale Date: February 3, 2004

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