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Many artists come from Russia, who left during the revolution before it and after - long considered lady gaga store the homeland as not existing. They lived in Paris and were attributed to "French artists." Chagall, lady gaga store Soutine, Zadkine, Lipchitz remained outside the attention of art historians and critics. Chagall was more fortunate, others - less. Someone aptly named their silence geniuses. This is true. Soutine - one of these neglected. About him in Russian no books, albums, monographs. Thanks to Ilya Ehrenburg, he first wrote about Chaim Soutine.
Chaim Soutine at home know little, but well known in the West. Crazy artist, who comes from poor provincial town, today prohibitively expensive. At the auctions, "Christy" in the early 90-ies of Soutine prices measured in millions of dollars. Among his admirers (and happy owners of his paintings) - Isabella Rossellini, Chaplin family, the family of the publisher Gallimard lady gaga store - descendant Chagall, Francis Ford Coppola. Even Pablo Picasso buy and hang in his studio painting Soutine "Paris by night". 01/13/1893 - Chaim Soutine was born in Smilavichy Minsk province, a poor Jewish family and was the tenth of the eleven children. He was given the name in honor of his grandfather. Father worked as a tailor future artist (according to other sources, synagogue altar boy). In some books about Soutine said that father's name Boruch, others call him Solomon. Most likely, the one and the other - the truth - probably the name of the artist's father was Boruch Sholom. From early childhood, Chaim showed love for drawing and painting. Until now, many encyclopedias world in articles about the French painter Chaim Soutine his birthplace called Vilnius. Shyness Soutine spawned this myth. The fact that the name "Smilovichi" resident of Paris did not say anything. In order not to run into endless questions: lady gaga store "And lady gaga store where is it? Does not Africa hour?" Diffidence had to simplify the provincial reality lady gaga store of his past. Deep in his native elders still remember his studies at yeshivas, told that the town seemed a place of punishment. There are practically no strangers and aliens. No entertainment other than yelling and swearing Smilavichy also did not know. Cinematograph to the town he came, Gutenberg's invention almost never used, news transmitted "wireless lady gaga store telegraphy." The main attraction of the village there was a fire tower, lady gaga store Jeweled inscriptions in Yiddish. It is not destroyed even war. Local boys climbed on her and looked into the distance. All that was beyond the horizon, seemed unattainable and dangerous seemingly minor details and the details forever sunk into oblivion life. However, they, and even parochial fears and dangers down on the head impressionable youth, Soutine made of a great artist. When Chaim awoke a passion for drawing, father encouraged his son lessons. lady gaga store But in orthodox village with strict observance of the laws of religion strictly forbidden to paint what has already been created by Gd, so Chaim beaten more than once, and when he intended to draw a rabbi he was beaten to a pulp. There is a legend that the rabbi heard about it and gave Soutine twenty-five rubles. And to which he had gone to a great life. 1907 - to be free from the influence of the family and did not change his vocation, Haim runs away from home to Minsk. There he attends lectures at Kroger figure - the artist known only in narrow circles. 1910 - Sutin and his friend Michael Kikoin lady gaga store go to Vilna. At seventeen years of Chaim entered into the service of the well-known lawyer lady gaga store Rubinlihtu lady gaga store Vilna. It was he who first drew attention to the drawings boys. It is not known what he was captivated in those drafts - most of them are lost. In the auction catalog "Christy" for 80 years represented only two drawings Vilnius period - something like imitation Corot. The lawyer gave a letter of recommendation Chaim Vilna Judaic Art Encouragement Society. And so there he was persuaded to go to Paris - to learn from the artist. lady gaga store Jewish artists of that time was not the other way: Russian art centers were closed to them the Pale of Settlement. That was only the way west. June 1913 - Soutine arrives in Paris, where he is recorded lady gaga store in the studio of Cormon in the Academy of Fine Arts. Over the loud name lay private school. While paid. Money Soutine was not. He worked part time, unloading wagons and barges. Only a great distance separating Paris from Vilnius, prevent poor boy who does not know the language, escape back to his master-lawyer. lady gaga store First months in Paris were hell for him. Also had an artist's model for jobs: unknown young people with intricate names Fujita, Kisling, Frisch pr