Chaïm Soutine

Chaïm Soutine (Known as "Soutine")

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Born Jan 13, 1893

Smilavichy, Russia

Passed Away Aug 09, 1943 Paris, France

Lifespan 50 years old

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"Painting is flesh; it must bleed, it must breathe, it must scream with life."

Archival Overview

School of Paris expressionist titan whose feverish, visceral canvases—including 'Carcass of Beef' and distorted portraits—fused Rembrandt's tradition with raw 20th-century angst.

Biographical Record

Chaïm Soutine (1893–1943 CE) escaped the shtetl of Belarus to live in squalor at La Ruche in Montparnasse alongside his close friend Amedeo Modigliani.

Famous for keeping rotting beef carcasses in his studio to paint their iridescent visceral decay, his swirling, tortured brushwork and agonized portraits profoundly shaped Willem de Kooning and Francis Bacon.

Key Life Milestones

1923

The Barnes Discovery in Montparnasse

American collector Albert C. Barnes discovered Soutine's studio, purchasing sixty canvases and launching his international career.

1925

The Carcass of Beef (Le Bœuf écorché)

Completed his famous series of animal carcasses in the Albright-Knox and Paris, pioneering gestural Expressionism.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Montparnasse Cemetery
Paris, France

                         GPS: 48.8406, 2.3278                    

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