Italian Expressionist Painter and Sculptor, 1884-1920
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (July 12, 1884 ?C January 24, 1920) was an Italian artist of Jewish heritage, practicing both painting and sculpture, who pursued his career for the most part in France. Modigliani was born in Livorno (historically referred to in English as Leghorn), in northwestern Italy and began his artistic studies in Italy before moving to Paris in 1906. Influenced by the artists in his circle of friends and associates, by a range of genres and art movements, and by primitive art, Modigliani's œuvre was nonetheless unique and idiosyncratic. He died in Paris of tubercular meningitis, exacerbated by poverty, overworking, and an excessive use of alcohol and narcotics, at the age of 35.
liggande aktsudie mk248 i dorjan av 1917 malade modigliani en rad aktstudier i zborowskis lagenbet, som sakrade bans berommelse. i december gav galleristen bertbe weill bonom en separatutsallning ocb kallade aktstudierna storslagna. polisen stngde emellertid snbbt galleriet. upprorda over att gestalterna bade bar. modiglianis nakenstudier ar forvisso sinnliga med sina skulpterade former, men de ar aldrig oanstandiga. under de sista aren av sitt liv malade ban intensivt ocb forfinade de kvinn liga formerna i unika kompositioner, dar ban uppnar en barmonisk balans mellan arotik ocb estetik.
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