Portrait of a Boy
1928
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View on museum website →Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 92.1 x 65.1 cm (36 1/4 x 25 5/8 in.) framed: 112.4 x 85.7 x 8.2 cm (44 1/4 x 33 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Chester Dale Collection
Accession Number
1963.10.216
Art Historical Context
Chaim Soutine's *Portrait of a Boy*1928) captures the raw emotional intensity characteristic of this Lithuanian-born Expressionist painter, who fled pogroms in his youth and found his voice in Paris's vibrant School of Paris scene. By the late 1920s, Soutine had matured into a master of distorted forms and vivid color, drawing from influences like Rembrandt and van Gogh while forging a uniquely visceral style. This oil on canvas, measuring 92.1 x 65.1 cm, exemplifies hisure's psychological depth, where subjects emerge from swirling brushwork that conveys inner turmoil amid the interwar era's s...