Chaïm Soutine (Best of)
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Chaïm Soutine (Best of) Details
Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), the unconventional and controversial painter of Belorussian origin, combines influences of classic European painting with Post-Impressionism and Expressionism. As a member of the Artists from Belarus, a group within the Parisian School, he created an oeuvre mainly consisting of landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. His individual style, characterised by displays of humour and despair and by use of luminous colours, makes him a modern master who is still little understood.
Reviews
An inexpensive way to acquire medium-quality reproductions of Soutine's paintings, but the text is so poorly written. This work is likely translated (although no mention of a translator is given), and then in a rather literal, flat style. The content itself meanders along, full of historical, social and political digressions and commentary, anecdotal with very little insight into what made Soutine tick as an artist and painter. The price and format (large color reproductions) are really the one redeeming quality of this book, but very little effort was devoted to producing a quality text.