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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:: 10625
The Young Apprentice
1918, oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 25 5/8 ins ( 100 x 65 cm). Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris, Walter-Guillaume Collection.
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Painting ID:: 10626
Young Seated Boy with Cap
1918, oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 25 5/8 ins ( 100x65 cm). Private Collection.
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Painting ID:: 10627
Woman with Red Necklace
1919, oil on canvas, 36 3/8 x 25 3/4 ins (92.4x65.4 cm). Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, Bequest of Mary E.Johnston.
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Painting ID:: 10629
The Italian Woman
1917, oil on canvas, 40 3/8 x 26 3/8 ins (102.6 x 67 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of The Chester Dale Collection, 1956.
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Painting ID:: 10630
Seated man with orange background
1918, oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 25 5/8 ins (100x65 cm). Private Collection.
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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: | Francesco Vecellio | Etienne Aubry | Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro | Giacomo Favretto | Frank Dumond |
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