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Chaïm Soutine
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<p>Chaïm Soutine was a <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">French</a> painter of <a href="/facts/Belarusian-Jewish/bS9LYqLu">Belarusian-Jewish</a> origin of the <a href="/facts/School_of_Paris/xnu8qbKG">School of Paris</a>, who made a major contribution to the <a href="/facts/Expressionist/3u9NA7mv">Expressionist</a> movement while living and working in <a href="/facts/Paris/DrNHpwnA">Paris</a>. </p><p>Inspired by classic painting in the European tradition, exemplified by the works of <a href="/facts/Rembrandt/LPDxP9XQ">Rembrandt</a>, <a href="/facts/Jean-Baptiste-Sim%C3%A9on_Chardin/6ctYQB1d">Chardin</a> and <a href="/facts/Gustave_Courbet/vg0glh2R">Courbet</a>, Soutine developed an individual style more concerned with shape, color, and texture than representation, which served as a bridge between more traditional approaches and the developing form of <a href="/facts/Abstract_Expressionism/MWmgFNSr">Abstract Expressionism</a>. </p>