MadeleineCastaing_TheMET(1)
‘Madeleine Castaing’ ca. 1929 Chaim Soutine. French, born in Lithuania, 1893-1943
Oil on canvas
Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967
67.187.107
Soutine met the successful Parisian interior decorator and antiquarian Medeleine Castaing (1864-1992) in 1920. She and her husband became one of the artist’s most important patrons during the following decade. The portrait took six sittings in the artist’s Pais studio. Castaing’s fidgeting hands, awkwardly positioned legs, and tense facial expression convey her impatience and discomfort while posing.
From the placard: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
MadeleineCastaing_TheMET(1)
‘Madeleine Castaing’ ca. 1929 Chaim Soutine. French, born in Lithuania, 1893-1943
Oil on canvas
Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967
67.187.107
Soutine met the successful Parisian interior decorator and antiquarian Medeleine Castaing (1864-1992) in 1920. She and her husband became one of the artist’s most important patrons during the following decade. The portrait took six sittings in the artist’s Pais studio. Castaing’s fidgeting hands, awkwardly positioned legs, and tense facial expression convey her impatience and discomfort while posing.
From the placard: Metropolitan Museum of Art.