Still Life with Pheasant
c. 1925 Musée de l'Orangerie
About this artwork
This oil painting depicts a plucked pheasant laid upon a white cloth with a single red chili pepper in the foreground. It is part of the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume collection housed at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris.
Did you know?
Chaïm Soutine was famous for his intense, often macabre still lifes featuring animal carcasses. To ensure he captured the authentic smell and color of decay, he notoriously kept animal carcasses in his studio for days, ignoring neighbors' complaints about the stench. This obsession with the visceral reality of his subjects is a hallmark of his unique contribution to Expressionist painting.
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Still Life with Pheasant
Chaïm Soutine, c. 1925
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