Chaim Soutine
Amedeo Modigliani · 1916
Why it's great
Modigliani painted his friend Chaïm Soutine, a Jewish painter from a poor village in present-day Belarus. Soutine's own wild, swirling pictures were very different from this calm, simplified portrait. They shared a studio district in Paris, and Modigliani looked after him. Together they show how two very different styles could grow side by side.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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Amedeo Modigliani was born in Livorno, Italy, and moved to Paris in 1906. He painted and sculpted people with long necks, almond-shaped eyes, and elegant simplified faces. He was poor and ill throughout his short life and died in Paris at 35. Only after his death did his fame explode. Modigliani was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Italy and was proud of his heritage all his life.
