In 1910, Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), in the shtetl of Smilavičy, in present-day Belarus, asked a fellow villager to pose for a portrait. Such graven images were considered a heresy in the shtetl, and ...

The oil on canvas, measuring 55 cm by 38 cm, is signed by Soutine and dedicated to Maurice Utrillo, making it both an important artistic work and a rare historical document. Its presence in Kikoine's ...

Critics and curators are reframing great artists, from Gentileschi to Soutine, to fit with modern ethical narratives. But this ignores the glorious ambivalence of their creations ...

It takes a strong constitution to really look at a painting by Chaïm Soutine: following the artist's strenuous, experimental brush demands an almost physical effort, never mind stomaching the ...

When Amedeo Modigliani painted his fellow artist Chaïm Soutine in 1916 and again the following year, the resulting works were more or less orderly, the young man’s features carefully hemmed in by dark ...

PAINTING Triump of the ClumsiestIn the act of painting, Chaim Soutine was something to behold. For months, he would ponder the idea for a painting, then in a wild outburst fling the paint onto the ...

CHERVEN DISTRICT, 26 November (BelTA) – Belarus’ National Tourism Agency organized a seminar to explore the tourism potential of Cherven District in the town of Smilovichi, the birthplace of Chaim ...

Chaim Soutine wasn’t very good at friendship. Though his friend and fellow artist Amedeo Modigliani championed his genius, Soutine—who hated to be indebted to anyone—returned the favor after ...

Chaim Soutine, "Le faison au chou" (1926/27), oil on canvas at Galerie Thomas. (photo by Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic) MIAMI — Chaim Soutine (1893-1943) was somewhat of a super star to the Abstract ...