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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:: 10615
Oscar Miestchaninoff
1917, oil on canvas, 18 1/8 x 13 ins( 46 x 33 cm). Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York.
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Painting ID:: 10616
Blue Eyes ( Portrait of Madame Jeanne Hebuterne )
1917, oil on canvas, 21 1/2 x 16 7/8 ins (54.6 x 42.9 cm). Philadelphia Meseum of Art, The Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White Collection, 1967.
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Painting ID:: 10617
Young Woman of the People
1918, oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 25 3/8 ins (100x64.5 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Frances and Armand Hammer Purchase Fund.
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Painting ID:: 10618
Yound Woman in a Striped Blouse
1917, oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 23 5/8 ins (92x60 cm). Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York.
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Painting ID:: 10619
Seated man with a cane
1918, oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 29 1/2 ins (126 x 75 cm). Helly Nahmad gallery, New York.
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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: | John Downman | Douglas Cowper | Anton Hickel | MASTER of the Polling Panels | Hans Sandreuter |
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