Portrait of a man (Emile Lejeune)
Chaïm Soutine · 1922
Why it's great
A man in a dark jacket with a long face sits against a swirly background, painted with thick brushstrokes. Soutine painted this portrait in the early 1920s, before he became famous. The strong colors and lively shapes show how he used paint to express feeling. It's a typical example of his unique style.
Where to see it
📍 Musée de l'OrangerieParis, France
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Chaïm Soutine was born into a poor Jewish family in a small village in what is now Belarus. He moved to Paris in 1913, where he lived and painted in a crowded artists' colony and became close friends with Modigliani. His wild, twisting paintings of waiters, pastry cooks and landscapes made him famous. He died in Paris in 1943, during the German occupation.
