View of Cagnes by Chaïm Soutine

Chaïm Soutine was a close friend of Modigliani, and a brilliant artist. While influenced by both the Old Masters, such as Rembrandt, and more contemporary to his own time, such as van Gogh and Cézanne, Soutine developed a style that was uniquely his own. While his stills of (the rather grotesque) animal carcasses are perhaps more famous, I love this painting as it is a beautiful example on how Soutine's style bridges the earlier Post-Impressionists and later Abstract Expressionists.