On ugliness, Jewishness and Soutine's self-portraits

Author

Posèq, Avigdor W. G.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Konsthistorisk tidskrift. 1994, Num. 1, Vol. 63, 31-52, 9 ill.

ISSN

0023-3609

Abstract (en)

In seeking to determine the Jewishness of Soutine's art, the author studies three self-portraits painted 1916, 1917 and 1923. Concludes that Soutine's bold repudiation of the conventions of taste which prejudiced critics saw as a mark of racial inferiority can be recognized as an authentic expression of the painter's concept of the supremacy of life.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- France
• Soutine, Chaim, 1893-1943
• Painting
• Self-portraits
• 1916-1923
• France
• Jewish art
• Antisemitism
• Ugliness

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- France
• Soutine, Chaim, 1893-1943
• Peinture
• Autoportrait
• 1916-1923
• France
• Juif (art)
• Antisémitisme
• Laideur

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950101-00312127

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