Visit to Tate Modern and Courtauld.

10th November I visited Tate Modern to see

RED STAR OVER RUSSIA 
A REVOLUTION IN VISUAL CULTURE 1905–55  


and then the Courtauld Institute to see

Soutine’s Portraits: Cooks, Waiters & Bellboys

19 October 2017 – 21 January 2018

This exhibition brings together an outstanding group of portraits by Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943). Soutine was one of the leading painters in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s and was seen by many as the heir to Vincent van Gogh. In the early 1920s, he became fascinated by the cooks and waiting staff of French hotels and restaurants, attired in boldly coloured uniforms. The portraits of these humble figures Soutine painted over the following decade helped to establish his reputation. This major show is the first time Soutine has been the subject of a significant exhibition in the United Kingdom for 35 years.