“Landscape at Cagnes” is an oil on canvas painting by Chaim Soutine, an expressionist artist who created this work around 1924 in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France. It measures 56 x 48.5 cm and is considered part of the landscape genre. The painting is currently held in a private collection.
The painting reveals Soutine’s expressionistic style, characterized by bold colors and dynamic brushstrokes that evoke the tumultuous emotions of the artist rather than trying to replicate the landscape with photographic realism. The scene captures a view of the rural landscape around Cagnes, with buildings nestled amid lush vegetation. A large, wind-swept tree dominates the painting on the left side, bending in a gesture that seems to echo the swirling energy of the sky and earth. The colors are vivid with a dominance of greens and blues, and the houses are depicted with white walls and red roofs that contrast starkly with the surrounding foliage. The composition is somewhat abstracted and swirling, typical of Soutine’s approach to landscape painting.