Soutine was born in Lithuania and painted in the Expressionist style. In spite of the fact that Soutine's figure paintings, like his depictions of other subjects, are characterized by deformed, violent brush work and strident color contrasts, they are extremely deft in their rendering of the individuality and character of the depicted figures. The wide-eyed stare, drawn face, stiffly tensed shoulders and arms, and wildly disheveled hair of this Mad Woman all give a sense of weird tension to the composition. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)

Provenance

Rokubin Hayashi, Tokyo.

Exhibition History

1964

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Nakajima Sports Center of Hokkaido Prefecture, Sapporo, 22 August 1964 - 13 September 1964, cat. no. 57

1978

[Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces from the National Museum of Western Art, The Art Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, 20 December 1978 - 31 January 1979, cat. no. 56

1995

[Tour Exhibition] Painting: Tradition and Innovation, Yatsushiro Municipal Museum, Yatsushiro, 14 January 1995 - 5 February 1995, cat. no. 38

1995

[Tour Exhibition] Painting: Tradition and Innovation, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History, Himeji, Himeji City Museum of Art, 11 February 1995 - 12 March 1995, cat. no. 38

1996

The Crossing Visions: European and Modern Japanese Art from the Collections of The National Museum of Western Art & The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 20 July 1996 - 8 September 1996, cat. no. 94

Bibliography

1929

Faule, E. Soutine. Paris, 1929, no. 8

1961

Catalogue du Musée National d'Art Occidental, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1961 (Préface and Catalogue Général in Japanese and French), P-301

1971

Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1971 (Japanese), no. 96, repr.

1972

Courtion, P. Soutine. Lausanne, 1972, col. repr. p. 46, p. 213 (fig. C)

1973

Cogniat, E. Soutine. New York, 1973, repr. p. 32

1975

Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 74, repr.

1977

Werner, A. Chaim Soutine. New York, 1977, p. 80, pl. 8

1978

Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 78, repr.

1979

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 262, repr.