Chaim Soutine (1893 – August 9, 1943) was an expressionist painter. 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ...

Born in Smilavichi, Russian Empire (now in Belarus), he emigrated to Paris in 1913 with his friends Pinchus Kremegne and Michel Kikoine, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He soon developed a highly personal vision and painting technique. Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Pinchus Kremegne (1890-1981), was a Belarusian artist, primarily known as a sculptor, painter and lithographer. ... Michel Kikoine born May 31, 1892 in Rechytsa, Belarus - died November 4, 1968 in Cannes, France, was a painter. ... cole des Beaux Arts refers to several art schools in France. ...

For a time, he and his friends lived at La Ruche, a residence for struggling artists in Montparnasse. In 1923, the great American collector Albert C. Barnes visited his studios and immediately bought sixty of Soutine's paintings. Soutine went on to produce landscapes, still-lifes, and portraits which are considered true masterpieces. La Ruche (literally the beehive) is an artists residence in Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France. ... The Montparnasse Tower, which at 209m was the tallest building in Western Europe when it was built. ...

Chaïm Soutine once horrified his neighbours by keeping an animal carcass in his studio so that he could paint (Carcass of Beef). The stench drove them to send for the police, whom Soutine promptly lectured on the relative importance of art over hygiene. On Tuesday the 7th of February 2006 this painting sold for £7.8m to an anonymous buyer in London.

In Montparnasse, he became friends with Amedeo Modigliani who painted his portrait in 1917. The Montparnasse Tower, which at 209m was the tallest building in Western Europe when it was built. ... Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (July 12, 1884 – January 24, 1920) was a Jewish Italian painter and sculptor. ...

Obsessed by form and colour, often depressed and dissatisfied, Soutine destroyed many paintings during bouts of despair and only produced the majority of his works from 1920 to 1929. He seldom showed his works, apart during the important exhibition of Independent Art held in 1937 in Paris where he was at last hailed as a great painter. However, his good times were not to last after the invasion of France by German troops. As a Jew, Soutine had to escape from the French capital and hide in order to avoid arrest by the hands of the Gestapo. He constantly moved from one place to another and was sometimes forced to seek shelter in forests, sleeping outdoors. Suffering from a stomach ulcer and bleeding badly he had to leave his safe hiding place for Paris in order to undergo emergency surgery, which failed to save his life. On August 9, 1943, Chaim Soutine died of a perforated ulcer. 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Deaths Head emblem similar to Skull and crossbones, often used as the insignia of the Gestapo The ▶ (help· info) (acronym of Geheime Staatspolizei; secret state police) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...

Soutine was interred in Cimetière du Montparnasse, Paris, France. After his death his vivid colors and passionate handling of paint gained him recognition as one of the foremost Expressionist painters. The Cimetière du Montparnasse is a famous cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, France. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ...

A few of his paintings:

• Ceret Landscape - (c.1919)
• Pastry Cook - (1922), Louvre, Paris
• Street of Cagnes-sur-Mer - (c.1923-1924)
• Carcass of Beef - (c.1925), Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
• Sinister Street - (c.1921), Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland
• Winding Road - (c.1939)
• Large Poplars at Civery or After the Storm - (c.1939)

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External links

• Portrait photograph of Chaïm Soutine Photograph c.1918
• Chaïm Soutine, Self portrait (1916) (c. 1917) (1922-3)
• Amedeo Modigliani, "Chaim Soutine" (1917)
• Marevna, "Chaim Soutine" (c. 1916/7), Erich Lessing Collection ("Quick Search" there for Marevna).
• Marevna, "Homage to Friends from Montparnasse" (1962) Top left to right: Diego Rivera, Ilya Ehrenburg, Chaim Soutine, Amedeo Modigliani, his wife Jeanne Hébuterne, Max Jacob, gallery owner Leopold Zborowski[1][2]. Bottom left to right: Marevna, her's and Diego Rivera's daughter Marika, (Amedeo Modigliani), Moise Kisling.
• Chaïm Soutine – Chronology, Museums, Links, Bibliography
• Selection of Soutine's paintings further paintings