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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:: 10565
Large red Bust
1913, oil on cardboard, 32 1/8 x 20 1/8 ins (81.5x51cm). Courtesy Galerie Cazeau-Beraudiere Paris.
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Painting ID:: 10567
Red Bust
1913, oil on cardboard, 31 7/8 x 18 1/8 ins(81x46cm). Private Collection.
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Painting ID:: 10569
Caryatid
1913-1914, Watercolor over Graphite on buff wove paper, 21 1/8 x 16 1/8 ins(53.5x41cm). The Art Institute of Chicgo, Amy McCormick Memorial Colletion.
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Painting ID:: 10572
Caryatid
1912-1914, Blue Crayon and graphite on paper, 24x18 ins(61x45.7cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, Given by Arthur Wiesenberger.
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Painting ID:: 10575
Crouched Nude
1909-1914, Graphite and colored pencil over chalk on paper, 23 1/4 x 17 3/4 ins(59x45cm). Baltimore Museum of Art, The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore.
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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: | Neeffs, Peter the Elder | Vasilii Dmitrievich Polenov | Theo van Doesburg | Edward Moran | Carlo Maratti |
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