Soutine was born in Lithuania in 1893 but moved to Paris in 1913 where he met artists such as Modigliani, Chagall and Laurens. He spent years living in poverty - his first one-man art exhibition was not until 1927. His carcass paintings were inspired by Rembrandt's still life of the same subject, which he discovered while studying the Old Masters in the Louvre Art Gallery.
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Record Price for Soutine Art
A painting of a beef carcass by Chaim Soutine has sold for a record £7.8m at auction in London. The sale, to an anonymous buyer, set a world art record for the expressionist artist's work. Le Boeuf Ecorche is one of half a dozen paintings of the carcass but the others are all owned by major art museums.
Soutine was born in Lithuania in 1893 but moved to Paris in 1913 where he met artists such as Modigliani, Chagall and Laurens. He spent years living in poverty - his first one-man art exhibition was not until 1927. His carcass paintings were inspired by Rembrandt's still life of the same subject, which he discovered while studying the Old Masters in the Louvre Art Gallery.
Irish Art
Soutine was born in Lithuania in 1893 but moved to Paris in 1913 where he met artists such as Modigliani, Chagall and Laurens. He spent years living in poverty - his first one-man art exhibition was not until 1927. His carcass paintings were inspired by Rembrandt's still life of the same subject, which he discovered while studying the Old Masters in the Louvre Art Gallery.
Irish Art
