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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:: 10536
Draped Nude
1917, oil on canvas, 45 5/8 x 28 3/4 ins(116x73cm). Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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Painting ID:: 10537
Reclining Nude on a Red Couch
1917, oil on canvas, 23 5/8 x 36 1/4 ins(60x92cm). Collection Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
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Painting ID:: 10538
Reclining Nude with Arm Across Her Forehead
1917, oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 39 3/8 ins(65x100cm), Private Collection.
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Painting ID:: 10539
Reclining Nude with Loose Hair
1917, oil on canvas, 23 5/8 x 36 1/4 ins(60x92.2cm). Osaka City Museum of Modern Art, Japan.
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Painting ID:: 10540
Reclining Nude (Le Grand Nu)
1919, oil on canvas. 28 1/2 x 45 7/8 ins(72.4x116.5cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mrs. Simon guggenheim Fund.
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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: | STALBEMT, Adriaan van | August Xaver Karl von Pettenkofen | Berkes Antal | toulouse-lautrec | Johann Caspar Schneider |
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