Chaïm Soutine: against the current

Abstract

"In Paris, in the 1920s and 1930s, Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943) was an intensely unique artist. His paintings are beautiful and severe at once, drawing inspiration from the masters of past eras. He portrayed bellhops, cooks, altar boys, and people who, like him, found thelselves on the margins of society. With his tottering landscapes and slaughtered animals, he captured like no other the fractured sense of life in the modern age."

Contents

Chaïm Soutine: "An Artist's Artist" / Susanna Gaensheimer, Poul Erik Tøjner, Nina Zimmer -- Exciting, Moving, Poignant: The Paintings of Chaïm Soutine / Susanne Meyer-Büser, Kirsten Degel, Marta Dziewańska -- The Discovery of Chaïm Soutine / Susanne Meyer-Büser -- Soutine, Between Two Worlds / Pascale Samuel -- Chaïm Soutine: Works -- Soutine and the École de Paris / Sophie Krebs -- In Art's "Big Bowl of Soup": Soutine's Legacy / Claire Bernardi -- The Fury of a Brushstroke / Marta Dziewańska -- Biography / Catherine Frèrejean.