Chaïm Soutine, 1893 – 1943

Chaïm Soutine Paintings: The 100 Most Famous Works, Ranked

Chaïm Soutine's most famous painting is Chicken Hanging in Front of a Brick Wall (1924), in the Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern. With Hanging Duck (1925) and Suburban Landscape with Red Houses (1917), it completes the three works everyone recognises. Our catalogue lists 118 works by Chaïm Soutine; the 100 below are the ones the world looks at most, each with its year, the museum that holds it and why it matters.

Ranked by our popularity score, which combines the searches, visits and orders for each work. Updated Ekim 2026. Every masterpiece on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, at the size you choose.

Portrait of Chaïm Soutine
Chaïm Soutine · 1893 – 1943
Born · died
1893 – 1943, Smilovichi
Movement
Expressionism
Works in our catalogue
118
Most famous
Chicken Hanging in Front of a Brick Wall (1924)
Most works at
Musée de l'Orangerie

The 10 most famous Chaïm Soutine paintings

Suburban Landscape with Red Houses (1917) by Chaïm Soutine
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Suburban Landscape with Red Houses

1917 · Oil On Canvas

In the turbulent landscape of early 20th-century modernism, few voices resonate with as much raw, visceral energy as that of Chaim Soutine. His 1917 masterpiece, Suburban Landscape with Red Houses, serves as a breathtaking window into the heart of Expressionism. This is not merely a depiction of a quiet neighborhood; it is an emotional upheaval captured on canvas. The painting invites the viewer into a world where the boundaries between…

Girl in Red (1919) by Chaïm Soutine
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Girl in Red

1919 · Oil

A woman sits, draped in a heavy shade of red. The color is thick, a visceral weight of pigment that seems to pulse against the surface. She is seated upon a chair, her hands resting upon its back, while a smaller chair sits in the distance, a silent companion in the room. A handbag lies near her feet, a solitary object in a space defined by shadow. Her face remains…

Portrait of a Child (1937) by Chaïm Soutine
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Portrait of a Child

1937 · Oil

In this intimate work, titled Portrait of a Child, the artist Chaim Soutine turns his gaze toward the quiet vulnerability of youth. Created about 1937, the painting presents a portrait of a young child, capturing a moment of profound stillness. There is a certain weight to the subject's presence, a sense of being caught in a private moment of thought.

Untitled (1411) by Chaïm Soutine
6

Untitled (1411)

Watercolor · Ulusal Batı Sanatı Müzesi, Tokyo

A woman sits draped in red. The color is heavy, a thick weight of pigment that seems to pulse against the paper. She turns her head away, her gaze lost to something unseen. A hat, dark and perhaps mystical, rests upon her hair. She is a solitary anchor in a shifting space. Around her, the edges of the world dissolve into shadows and half-formed shapes.

Beef and calf's head (1923) by Chaïm Soutine
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Beef and calf's head

1923 · Oil On Canvas · Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris

The composition is dominated by a large, central mass of meat that occupies most of the frame. To the left, a severed animal head is positioned within the arrangement. The color palette relies on highly saturated, warm tones, specifically crimson, vermilion, and ochre, which contrast against dark, murky browns and blacks in the background. Thick, gestural lines create a sense of movement across the surface. The shapes are organic and…

The Gipsy (1926) by Chaïm Soutine
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The Gipsy

1926 · Oil On Canvas · Statens Museum For Kunst, Kopenhag

The Gipsy by Chaim Soutine, created about 1926, is a centered, bust-length portrait of a single figure. The subject possesses dark hair and directs the gaze slightly off-center rather than toward the viewer. This figure is positioned against a dark, indistinct background that lacks measurable depth, which focuses the attention entirely on the person. A saturated red scarf is wrapped around the neck, providing a sharp contrast to the surrounding…

Return from School After the Storm by Chaïm Soutine
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Return from School After the Storm

Oil

Two children navigate a dirt path through an open field, their figures positioned closely as they walk under a heavy, cloud-scattered sky. The scene captures a moment of transition, where the aftermath of a storm leaves a sense of stillness in the air. In the distance, a solitary figure moves away from the pair, adding a layer of quiet isolation to the natural setting. The composition focuses on the relationship…

Chaïm Soutine, paintings 11 to 100

The big altar boy (1925) by Chaïm Soutine
#13

The big altar boy

1925 · Centre Pompidou

The big altar boy is an oil on canvas portrait by Chaim Soutine. Created about 1925, the work presents a young figure, likely an altar boy, centered within…

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Man with Horse (1920) by Chaïm Soutine
#21

Man with Horse

1920 · Metropolitan Sanat Müzesi

In Man with Horse, Chaim Soutine presents a scene of heavy, shifting forms. Painted about 1920, the work centers on a figure, likely a man, moving alongside a…

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Duck on Blue Background (1925) by Chaïm Soutine
#23

Duck on Blue Background

1925 · Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

A single avian form, likely a duck, is caught in a violent, swirling vortex of color. The subject is not rendered with anatomical precision but through a series…

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Little Girl in Blue (1935) by Chaïm Soutine
#24

Little Girl in Blue

1935 · Kunstmuseum Bern

Chaim Soutine's "Little Girl in Blue," painted circa 1934-1935, is not merely a portrait; it’s an immersion into the heart of emotional vulnerability. This arresting canvas, currently residing…

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Dead Fowl (1926) by Chaïm Soutine
#25

Dead Fowl

1926 · Şikago Sanat Enstitüsü

is an oil on canvas painted by Chaim Soutine in 1926. The work is part of the Joseph Winterbotham Collection. It is also known by the alternate titles…

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The Table (1919) by Chaïm Soutine
#27

The Table

1919 · Musée de l'Orangerie

The Table is an oil on canvas work by Chaim Soutine. Created circa 1919, this still life captures a moment of domestic disarray. It resides within the collection…

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The Turkey (1925) by Chaïm Soutine
#28

The Turkey

1925 · Musée de l'Orangerie

is an oil on canvas created by Chaim Soutine. Executed about 1925, the work belongs to the Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume collection. It is currently held at…

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Köylü Kız (1919) by Chaïm Soutine
#50

Köylü Kız

1919 · Nagoya City Art Museum

白ロシア共和国(現ベラルーシ共和国)ミンスク近郊の寒村に生まれたスーチンがパリに出たのは19歳の時だった。貧困と、作品に対する無理解に苦しみながら、一人異国の地で模索する、そんな彼の才能をいち早く見い出したのがモディリアーニであった。教養もなければ、礼儀も知らず、野生児そのままといったスーチンに、モディリアーニはナイフやフォークの使い方を教え、制作の助言をし、しばしば絶望感にさいなまれる彼を励ました。しかし、彼は生涯野生児のままであった。30歳目前の若さでアメリカ人のコレクターに見い出され、作品が売れ、流行の背広に身を包むようになっても、彼の孤独と不安は、ついにいやされることはなかった。 スーチンの作品に一貫して表現されているのは、彼の孤独と不安の叫びである。その絵画世界では、あらゆるものがゆがみ、ねじまげられ、苦し気にのたうっているが、それはまさしくスーチン自身の内面の姿にほかならない。 《農家の娘》でも筆致の速さは目立つものの、スーチン特有のうねり、ゆがみの表現は比較的少なく、モデルの素朴な印象が引き立つように色彩は抑えられている。画家の描く対象との向き合い方を物語る一枚である。(出典: 名古屋市美術館展示解説カード)

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The old mill by Chaïm Soutine
#65

The old mill

The old mill is an oil on canvas by Chaim Soutine. It emerged from the artist's brush around 1922-23. The paint clings to the fabric in thick, restless…

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Landscape with trees in the wind (1919) by Chaïm Soutine
#66

Landscape with trees in the wind

1919 · The Ema Klabin House Museum

This arresting landscape, titled “Landscape with trees in the wind,” offers a profound glimpse into the artistic world of Chaim Soutine (1894-1943), a painter whose intensely personal and…

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Windy Day, Auxerre by Chaïm Soutine
#67

Windy Day, Auxerre

The Phillips Collection

Windy Day, Auxerre is a work by Chaim Soutine. Created in the summer of 1939, the painting captures a specific moment of atmospheric tension. The scene is situated…

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The Pheasant by Chaïm Soutine
#69

The Pheasant

The Phillips Collection

The Pheasant is a work by Chaim Soutine, executed between c. 1926 and c. 1927. The artist was born near Minsk, Russia, in what is now Belarus. Following…

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Woman in Profile by Chaïm Soutine
#70

Woman in Profile

The Phillips Collection

Woman in Profile is a portrait of Madame Tennent painted by Chaim Soutine. This work was created about 1937. The composition focuses on the subject from a side…

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Chaïm Soutine's paintings by period

The subjects Chaïm Soutine painted most

The four subjects that return most often among these masterpieces, with the finest example of each.

Where to see Chaïm Soutine's paintings

The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.

Museum City Works by Chaïm Soutine Paintings from this list
Musée de l'Orangerie, ParisMusée de l'Orangerie Paris 9 Beef and calf's head, The Table, The Turkey
Metropolitan Sanat Müzesi, New YorkMetropolitan Sanat Müzesi New York 7 Woman in Red Blouse, Man with Horse, Apples
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.The Phillips Collection Washington, D.C. 4 Windy Day, Auxerre, The Pheasant, Woman in Profile
Nagoya City Art Museum, NagoyaNagoya City Art Museum Nagoya 3 Still Life with Fowl [Nature Morte à La Volaille], Köylü Kız, Landscape at Céret [Paysage à Céret]
İsrail Müzesi, Kudüsİsrail Müzesi Kudüs 3 Landscape, Hill in Céret, Calf and Red Curtain
Kunstmuseum Bern, BernKunstmuseum Bern Bern 2 Chicken Hanging in Front of a Brick Wall, Little Girl in Blue
Cleveland Museum of Art, ClevelandCleveland Museum of Art Cleveland 2 Seated Woman, Still Life with Rayfish
Şikago Sanat Enstitüsü, ChicagoŞikago Sanat Enstitüsü Chicago 2 Dead Fowl, Landscape at Cagnes

Chaïm Soutine's most famous painting of each decade

  1. 1910s
    Suburban Landscape with Red Houses (1917) by Chaïm Soutine
    Rank 3 / 100

    Suburban Landscape with Red Houses

    Age 17 – 26

    In the turbulent landscape of early 20th-century modernism, few voices resonate with as much raw, visceral energy as that of Chaim Soutine. His 1917 masterpiece, Suburban Landscape with…

  2. 1920s
    Chicken Hanging in Front of a Brick Wall (1924) by Chaïm Soutine
    Rank 1 / 100

    Chicken Hanging in Front of a Brick Wall

    Age 27 – 36 · Kunstmuseum Bern

    The painting titled Chicken Hanging in Front of a Brick Wall emerged from the restless hand of Chaim Soutine. Created about 1924, the work captures a singular, heavy…

  3. 1930s
    Portrait of a Child (1937) by Chaïm Soutine
    #5 of 100

    Portrait of a Child

    Age 37 – 46

    In this intimate work, titled Portrait of a Child, the artist Chaim Soutine turns his gaze toward the quiet vulnerability of youth. Created about 1937, the painting presents…

Questions about Chaïm Soutine's paintings

What is Chaïm Soutine's most famous painting?Show the answer

Chicken Hanging in Front of a Brick Wall (1924), Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern. Next come Hanging Duck (1925) and Suburban Landscape with Red Houses (1917).

How old was Chaïm Soutine when Chicken Hanging in Front of a Brick Wall was painted?Show the answer

31 years old: Chicken Hanging in Front of a Brick Wall dates from 1924 and Chaïm Soutine was born in 1893.

What are the top 10 paintings by Chaïm Soutine?Show the answer

Chicken Hanging in Front of a Brick Wall, Hanging Duck, Suburban Landscape with Red Houses, Girl in Red, Portrait of a Child, Untitled (1411), Beef and calf's head, The Gipsy, Return from School After the Storm and Ceret Lanscape. The ranking above gives the year and the museum of each.

How many paintings did Chaïm Soutine make?Show the answer

Our catalogue lists 118 works by Chaïm Soutine, dated from 1916 to 1937.

Where are Chaïm Soutine's most famous paintings?Show the answer

Most of them are in Musée de l'Orangerie (Paris), Metropolitan Sanat Müzesi (New York) and The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.). The table above lists the museums one by one.

When did Chaïm Soutine paint the most famous works?Show the answer

In 1920s: 38 of the 100 works on this page date from then, among them Chicken Hanging in Front of a Brick Wall.

What are Chaïm Soutine's earliest and latest famous paintings?Show the answer

The earliest on this page is Self-Portrait (1916), the latest Portrait of a Child (1937).

What did Chaïm Soutine paint most often?Show the answer

Portrait (5), Meat (4) and Portrait painting (4), among the 100 works on this page.

What medium did Chaïm Soutine use most?Show the answer

Oil On Canvas: 16 of the 100 works on this page.

Which art movement does Chaïm Soutine belong to?Show the answer

Expressionism, as the paintings on this page show.

Which Chaïm Soutine paintings can I see at the Musée de l'Orangerie?Show the answer

Beef and calf's head, The Table and The Turkey are among the 7 works on this page held by the Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris.

Can I buy a reproduction of a Chaïm Soutine painting?Show the answer

Yes. Every painting on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in the size you choose, from the painting's own page.

About Chaïm Soutine

Çalkantılı Bir Yaşamın Ortasında Doğuş: Chaim Soutine’in Dünyası

1893 yılında Rusya'nın Smilovichi kasabasında (günümüz Belarus) geniş ve yoksul bir Yahudi ailesinde doğan Chaim Soutine’in erken yaşamı zorluklarla doluydu. Maddi kıtlık ve Ortodoks topluluğunun getirdiği kısıtlamalarla şekillenen bu oluşum dönemi, sanatçı vizyonunu derinden etkileyecekti. Dinsel yetiştirilmesi figüratif temsili teşvik etmese de, tutkulu yoğunluğunu yansıtan bir çizim yeteneği filizlendi. 1910-1913 yılları arasında Vilna'daki (günümüz Vilnius, Litvanya) bir sanat akademisinde resmi eğitim aldıysa da, gerçek dönüm noktası 1913’te Paris’e göç etmesi oldu. Fernand Cormon yönetimindeki École des Beaux-Arts’a kaydolduktan sonra canlı bir sanatsal topluluğun içinde buldu kendini; ancak hakim eğilimlerin dışında kalarak kendine özgü bir yol izledi. Paris'teki ilk yılları, kanvaslarının yüzeyinde kaynamaya başlayan duygusal çalkantıyı yansıtan aşırı yoksullukla karakterize edildi.

Dışavurumcu Bir Sanatçı: Stil ve Etkiler

Sıklıkla Dışavurumcu olarak sınıflandırılsa da, Soutine’i yalnızca bu çerçeveye hapsetmek eksik kalır. Onun stili son derece bireyseldi; Hollandalı ustalar Rembrandt ve Chardin gibi geleneksel Avrupa resimlerinin etkileyici bir senteziydi ve Courbet'nin Gerçekçiliği ham duygusal yoğunluklu bir mercekten filtreleniyordu. Soutine bu ustalardan basitçe taklit etmedi; tekniklerini ve kompozisyon stratejilerini özümsedi, sonra kendi iç dünyasını yansıtmak için şiddetle yeniden yorumladı. Kalın renkler – yüzeylerine somut bir fiziksel özellik kazandıran kalın impasto ile uygulanan – ve ajite edilmiş fırça darbeleri stilinin ayırt edici özellikleridir. Soutine kesin temsille ilgilenmiyordu; konularının duygusal özünü yakalamaya çalıştı, genellikle onlara bir huzursuzluk veya psikolojik gerginlik aşıladı. Manzaralar, portreler ve natürmortlar bu keşif için tercih ettiği araçlardı; yemeğin ve hayvanların tekrar eden temaları kişisel deneyimlerini ve Yahudi mirasını yansıtıyordu. Bunlar sadece tasvir değil, umutsuzca bir enerjiyle boyanmış yoğun duygusal ifadelerdi.

Gelişim ve Belirleyici Eserler

Soutine’in sanatsal gelişimi, kendine özgü stilistik keşiflerle işaretlenmiş farklı dönemlerde gerçekleşti. Paris'teki ilk yılları (1913-1917), mali zorluklar arasında sesini bulmaya çalışmasıyla geçti. 1919-1922 yılları arasında Céret’te geçirdiği dönem çok önemli oldu. Güney Fransa'nın dramatik manzaralarıyla çevrili olduğu bu yerde, en ünlü eserlerinin çoğunu üretti. Bu resimler canlı renkler, çarpıtılmış formlar ve neredeyse şiddetli bir enerjiyle karakterize ediliyordu. Ağaçlar, kayalıklar ve tarlalar, Soutine’in gördüklerini değil, onların yanında *nasıl hissettiğini* yansıtan girdap halinde boya kütlelerine dönüşüyordu. Portreleri de psikolojik derinlikleriyle öne çıkıyordu. Genellikle işçi sınıfı bireyleri ham bir dürüstlükle tasvir ediyor, geleneksel portreciliğe meydan okuyor ve konularının onurunu ve kırılganlığını ortaya koyuyordu. Benzer şekilde, natürmortları—yiyecek ve nesnelerin düzenlemeleri—canlılık duygusu taşıyor ancak aynı zamanda rahatsız edici bir enerji yayıyor gibiydi; sanki cansız nesneler bile hayatla doluydu. Bu dönemin önemli eserleri arasında “Hayat Dansı” ile ilgili çalışmalar, Céret’in özünü yakalayan çok sayıda manzara ve Paris'teki Rus göçmenlerin dokunaklı portreleri yer alıyor.

Tanınma, Miras ve Kalıcı Etkisi

Soutine, 20. yüzyılın başlarında şehirde çalışan çeşitli sanatçıların bulunduğu Paris Okulu’nun kilit bir figürüydü. Ancak tanınmaya giden yolu kolay olmadı. Sanat tüccarı Leopold Zborowski, Soutine'in eserlerini tanıtmak ve mali istikrarını sağlamak için enstrümantal bir rol oynadı; benzersiz vizyonunun gücünü fark etti. İlk eleştirel tepkiler karışıktı, ancak ünü zamanla istikrarlı bir şekilde arttı. Boyasının ifadeci kullanımı ve duygusal yoğunluğu daha sonraki sanatçıları derinden etkiledi; Willem de Kooning ve Francis Bacon gibi sanatçılar Soutine’de kendileriyle akran bir ruh—temsilin sınırlarını otantik ifade arayışında zorlamaya istekli bir sanatçı—gördüler. Günümüzde Chaim Soutine, Dışavurumculukta önemli bir figür olarak haklı bir şekilde tanınıyor ve 20. yüzyıl sanatına önemli katkıda bulunuyor. Eserleri dünya çapındaki prestijli müzelerde sergileniyor; kalıcı mirasının kanıtı niteliğinde. Geleneksel Avrupa resim teknikleri ile Soyut Dışavurumculuğun ortaya çıkan formları arasında hayati bir köprü temsil ediyor, nesnel temsile karşı duygusal ifadeye öncelik veriyor ve tipik Dışavurumcu kaygıları aşan sanatsal bir ses geliştiriyor. Yenilikçi stili, insan duygularının derinliklerini boyanın gücüyle keşfetmek isteyen gelecek nesil sanatçıların yolunu açtı.

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