Chaïm Soutine
French, Jewish Belarusian painter (1893–1943) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chaïm Soutine (Russian: Хаим Соломонович Сутин, Khaïm Solomonovitch Sutin; Yiddish: חײם סוטין, Ḥaïm Soutin; 13 January 1893 – 9 August 1943) was a French painter of Belarusian-Jewish origin of the School of Paris, who made a major contribution to the expressionist movement while living and working in Paris.[1]
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Born | Chaim-Itzke Solomonovich Sutin (Хаим-Ицке Соломонович Сутин) (1893-01-13)13 January 1893 |
Died | 9 August 1943(1943-08-09) (aged 50) Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
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Known for | Painting |
Movement | École de Paris, Expressionism |
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Inspired by classic painting in the European tradition, exemplified by the works of Rembrandt, Chardin[2] and Courbet, Soutine developed an individual style more concerned with shape, color, and texture than representation, which served as a bridge between more traditional approaches and the developing form of Abstract Expressionism.