Tag: portrait

Fille à la mandoline (1860-1865)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Fille à la mandoline (Girl with Mandolin) 1860–1865 Oil on canvas, 51.4 x 40.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was nearly 70 years old and at the height of his considerable fame as a…

Femme en rose (c.1924)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Femme en rose (Woman in Pink) c.1924 Oil on canvas, 73 × 54.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Chaïm Soutine twisted the form of his female subject into a swirling mass of red, coral, and yellow brushstrokes…

Jeune femme à la blouse blanche (c.1929)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Jeune femme à la blouse blanche (Young Woman in a White Blouse) c.1929 Oil on canvas, 45 × 34 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This poignant portrait illustrates Soutine‘s remarkable ability to capture the psychological life of his…

Chaim Soutine (1916)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Chaim Soutine 1916 Oil on canvas, 100 x 65 cm Private collection See also: • Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943)

Chaim Soutine (1918)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Chaim Soutine 1918 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…

Le Chapeau blanc (c.1923)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Le Chapeau blanc (The White Hat) c.1923 Oil on canvas, 41 x 27 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Soutine presents a man with a turnip-shaped head wearing a small white hat. The figure’s black, high-collared coat emphasizes the strange contours…

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…