Opening Soutine and his contemporaries exhibition at Ben Uri Art Museum

To celebrate the museum's recent acquisition of Soutine's La Soubrette, the exhibition, 'From Russia to Paris: Chaïm Soutine and his Contemporaries', unveiled this important portrait, together with a small selection of work from the Ben Uri collection by a number of Soutine's peers. David Glasser, Chairman of Ben Uri, The London Jewish Museum of Art, opened the exhibition with Dr Stephen Deuchar, Director of the Art Fund; Wesley Kerr, Chair of the London Committee, Heritage Lottery Fund; Helena Newman, Chairman of the Impressionist and Modern Art division of Sotheby's Europe and Sarah MacDougall, the curator.