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She read a monograph of Michael Herman, a beautiful job, with great respect for the man and with admiration for the genius.

A few snippets:
"Soutine remained uncomplicated, no trend, trend, group, or the more fashionable. He was not is social, but not in the least was that the academic gloss, which is increasingly apparent even in the most radical artists."
"But the most surprising thing is that he is totally alien to any influence. With the exception of genetically close to the subconscious Expressionists and the distant echo kolloristicheskih fauvists discoveries, there is nothing but himself. It is sealed, it is open only to classical art and life itself. "
"At the same time, being outside, as one would say now, main-stream'a, it is becoming a bigger success, the glory of it written, it is spotted (and in Europe, and eventually the ocean), his paintings were bought, bought, even when in the late 1920's in France, an era of grave economic depression, "Works Soutine at the time cost 100 000 francs, despite the fact that Picasso only 20 000. Picasso attended the funeral of Soutine. And then lived another 40 years to earn the title of the most significant artists of the XX century.

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the window art store a handful of people gathered, all excited, gesticulating. There I saw and old long-haired artist. Approached. In a large shop window, taking it almost all. hung a still life "Meat carcass. I looked and was stunned - so it was a real force for good color. I asked: "Who is it?" And long-haired, with some even irritation, they say, oazve not know, this is Soutine. And once stood, as it turned out, collector confessed: "I'm really going to sell my Soutine. What a fool. He must be buying for the Louvre"
 - From the memoirs of Falk's late 20-ies.