In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
When Albert Barnes first visited Chaim Soutine's Paris studio in 1922, the struggling artist was known only in the city's bohemian circles. Seeing this painting of a pastry chef sparked Dr. Barnes to buy more than 50 works by Soutine in the course of a few weeks, through the art dealer Paul Guillaume. In 1923, Guillaume recounted his discovery of Soutine's work: "One day when I had gone to a painter's house to see a picture by Modigliani I noticed in a corner of the studio a work which immediately got me excited. It was a Soutine; and it showed a pastry chef—an incredible, captivating, tangible, colorful pastry chef, cursed with a huge, magnificent ear, unexpected but right; a masterpiece. I bought it."
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Landscape with House and Tree (Paysage avec maison et arbre)
Winding Road, Near Gréolières (La Route montante, vers Gréol
Bouquet of Flowers (Bouquet de fleurs)
Red Church (L'Église rouge)
Landscape with White Building (Paysage avec maison blanche)
Landscape with Houses (Paysage avec maisons)
Landscape of the South of France (Paysage du Midi)
Landscape with Figure (Paysage avec figure)
Paul Cezanne — The Artist's Son, Paul
Paul Cézanne — Portrait de madame Cézanne
George Hendrik Breitner — The Wooden Shoes
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Woman's Head with Red Hat
Jules Pascin — Nude and Books (Nu et livres)
Biagio Pinto — Flower Piece
Pablo Picasso — Woman Seated on Striped Floor
Vincent van Gogh — Portrait of Camille Roulin
Paul Cézanne — Madame Cézanne in Blue
Amedeo Modigliani — Chaim Soutine
Georges Rouault — Clown in Top Hat
Jules Pascin — Seated Girl in Chemise (Jeune fille assise en