Stewart Cliff: Soutine’s Portraits Exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery

Audio version Read by Elena Vardon   Text version An urgent, restless group of portraits by Chaïm Soutine comprises the show entitled Soutine’s Portraits: Cooks, Waiters and Bellboys. Painted in what seems like a flurry of activity, the paint still feels fresh: Soutine paints quickly wet into wet. Against the grain of conventional portraits, Soutine’s sitters were…

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