Tag: eye

Chaim Soutine (1917)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Chaim Soutine 1917 Oil on canvas, 91.7 x 59.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Born in 1884 to an aristocratic family in Livorno, Italy, Amedeo Modigliani settled in the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris in 1906 and began…

L’Homme en bleu (c.1921)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) L’Homme en bleu (Man in Blue) c.1921 Oil on canvas, 130.8 x 65.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Though conventional in format, this portrait of an unidentified man is uniquely Soutine‘s in its gestural brushwork and fiery colors. As in…

La Femme en bleu (c.1919)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) La Femme en bleu (Woman in Blue) c.1919 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 60.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Born in Lithuania, Soutine emigrated to Paris in 1913 and settled in the bohemian neighborhood of Montparnasse. The identity of his…

Le Lapin écorché (c.1921)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Le Lapin écorché (The Flayed Rabbit) c.1921 Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia A flayed rabbit lies splayed on a white cloth, its clouded eye just visible. Soutine has given us a bird’s-eye view of…

Le Pâtissier (c.1919)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Le Pâtissier (The Pastry Chef, Baker Boy) c.1919 Oil on canvas, 66 x 51 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia When Albert Barnes first visited Chaim Soutine‘s Paris studio in 1922, the struggling artist was known only in the city’s…