Auction on
16 December 2022 - 13:30 (CET) -
Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Trees, a full-fledged theme in Soutine’s work, lend themselves to a veritable demonstration of painting. Trees in the Wind, also called Before the Storm, is a personal interpretation of this landscape classic.
Chaïm Soutine (1894-1943), Trees in the Wind or Before the Storm, c. 1939, signed oil on Isorel panel, 68.5 x 87 cm/26.96 x 34.25 in. Estimate: €200,000/300,000
Chaïm Soutine (1894-1943), Trees in the Wind or Before the Storm, c. 1939, signed oil on Isorel panel, 68.5 x 87 cm/26.96 x 34.25 in. Estimate: €200,000/300,000
The hand-shaped base of the tree, wind-blown branches creating a sense of powerful movement, swirling paint and colors translate a landscape as much as a state of mind before the storm. Trees in the Wind , painted in about 1939, is the tormented vision of a Jewish immigrant painter living in France as the war began. Without over-psychologizing, it can be agreed that there is anguish in the twisting trees and the jumbled composition. Trees in…
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