Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Chaim Soutine: SHOCKING PARIS: Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse

An interesting new book - highly recommended:

Upon fleeing the religious persecution, political oppression, and economic hardship of Eastern Europe in the first years of the 20th century, many immigrant artists eventually settled in Paris. Some of these legendary creators include Marc Chagall, and Chaim Soutine, who, along with other immigrant artists, came to be known as the “School of Paris.” These Eastern European transplants, most of whom were Russian and Jewish, dominated the art scene of Montparnasse in the decades between World War I and the outbreak of World War II.



In SHOCKING PARIS: Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse




  • Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9781137278807
  • ISBN10: 1137278803

  • 6.13 x 9.25 inches, 256 pages
  • PLUS one 8-page color insert
Stanley Meisler pieces together the story of Soutine, who was regarded as the most talented member of the group, yet left behind no record of himself apart from anecdotes and his paintings. In the most detailed account of Soutine’s life in English, Meisler tracks Soutine from his arrival in Paris, to his tragic death on the run from the Gestapo during World War II.

Chaim Soutine by Modigliani, Amedeo 1917


Willem de Kooning deemed Soutine his favorite painter and Jackson Pollack hailed him as a major influence, yet Soutine’s contribution to 20th century art is often overlooked outside of Paris.

SHOCKING PARIS brings to light the story of one of the most formative periods of art history, and the creative genius whose contribution has gone widely unreported, until now.

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