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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:: 10610
Reclining Nude (La Reveuse )
1917, oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 36 1/4 ins (59.7x92.1 cm). Collection of William I. Koch.
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Painting ID:: 10611
Reclining Nude on a Blue Cushion
1916, oil on canvas, 23 5/8 x 36 1/4 ins (60x92 cm). Private Collection.
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Painting ID:: 10612
Reclining Nude with Loose Hair
1917, oil on canvas, 23 x 36 1/4 ins (60 x 92.2 cm). Osaka City Museum of Modern Art, Japan.
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Painting ID:: 10613
Jean Cocteau
1916-1917, oil on canvas, 39 1/2 x 32 ins (100.4 x 81.3 cm). The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, INC.
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Painting ID:: 10614
Elena Povolozky
1917, oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 19 1/8 ins (64.6 x 48.5 cm). The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
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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: | George Tirrell | marie suzanne giroust roslin | Miroslav Kraljevic | Lethiere, Guillaume Guillon | Wallerant Vaillant |
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