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Amedeo Modigliani
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.
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Painting ID:: 10531
Head of a Young Woman (Tete Rouge)
1915, oil on canvas, 21 1/4 x 16 3/8 ins(54x42.5cm). Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
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Painting ID:: 10532
Portrait of Pablo Picasso
1915, oil on paper mounted on card, 13 1/2 x 10 1/8 ins(34.2x26.3cm). Courtesy Galerie Schmit, Paris.
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Painting ID:: 10533
Nude on a Blue Cushion
1917, oil on linen, 25 3/4 x 39 3/4 ins(65.4x100.9cm). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Chester Dale Collection.
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Painting ID:: 10534
Suffering Nude
1908, oil on canvas, 31 7/8 x 21 1/4 ins(81x54cm). Private Collection, France.
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Painting ID:: 10535
Reclining Nude
1919, oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 45 5/8 ins(73x116cm). Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome.
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Amedeo Modigliani
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.
. Related Artists to Amedeo Modigliani: | J B Armand Guillaumin | Jan Cossiers | Alexei Korzukhin | Grigory Gagarin | Palace of Versailles |
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