Dr Robert Bohanさんのイラストまとめ

He died in 1519, aged 67. In his will he left much of his estate to Melzi & to Salai. These two men had supported & loved him in life. Leda (nd), Nude (nd) & Salai as John the Baptist. The latter is a surprisingly erotic image for an old master!

He was in Rome 1513-6 & had a good relationship with the Pope & met with the French King. He entered the King’s service in 1516, & was given a Manor House & a pension. Woman (1508), Embryo (1509-14) & St John (1510-15). The latter was based on Salai, his lover.

I think his Madonna Litta is his finest mother & child. It is the exaltation of love & serenity at a spiritual level. Madonna Litta (1490) with detail & original study for the Virgin. Some think the work may have been finished, or painted in part, by his student Boltraffio

He was in Milan from 1482-99. There he was commissioned to paint the astounding Virgin of the Rocks. There are two versions, by him, one in the Louvre (1483-6) & one in the National Gallery, London (1495-1508). The Louvre has a pointing angel which he removed in the 2nd work

By 1472 he was a master of the Guild of St Luke which allowed him independence. Even so he still worked with Verrocchio. He always preferred to a collegiate approach. Annunciation (1472-5) is an exquisite work where both Madonna & Angel are ideals of beauty.

Thread: Since going into self-isolation (about, what seems like, 3 years ago!) I’m keen for any diversion & whats more I’m 50 on Monday. So in order to distract myself from my decaying carcass I thought I’d do a once in a lifetime offer to celebrate. Two drawings for €50 (€45).

The beauty of his cooks & waiters is that in theory their uniforms should erase their individuality. But Soutine uses that sameness to emphasise their uniqueness. Bellboy (c1925), the Best Man (c1924), Woman enters the Water (c1931) & Plucked Goose (1932-3).

As a Jew, when the Nazis occupied Paris, he had to flee. He hid in forests & had to sleep in the open. He became dangerously ill & had to return to Paris for an operation, which failed. He died in 1943. Le Petit Pâtissier (1920s), Choirboy (1927-8), Madeleine Castaing (c1929)

Madeleine Castaing became his patron (1930-5) & he held an exhibit in Chicago (1935). The Ray (c1922), Portrait of a Child in Blue (c1928), Still Life with Ray (c1924) & Oscar Miestchaninoff (1924). In his paintings of fish he is investigating the work of Chardin

He loved Rembrandt & studied his beef pictures. These are paintings of animal flesh. Soutine took Rembrandt’s idea & liberated the concept further. In painting flesh he asks what is life. Mutton (c1920), Portrait of a Young Girl (c1920), Self-Portrait (c1920-1) & the Beef (c1920)