Portrait of Madeleine Castaing
Chaïm Soutine · 1929
Why it's great
A fashionable woman in a red dress sits in a chair against a swirling background. Madeleine Castaing was a Paris patron and collector who supported Soutine and bought many of his works. Soutine painted her in bold colors with a lively brush. It's a portrait of a friend who helped him succeed.
Where to see it
📍 Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York City, United States
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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.
