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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:: 21661
Bride and Groom (mk09)
c 1915/16
Oil on canvas,55.2 x 46.4 cm
New York,The Museum of Modern Art
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Painting ID:: 21662
Reclining Nude on White Pillow (mk09)
1917
Oil on canvas,60 x 92 cm
Stuttgart,Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
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Painting ID:: 23387
Nude (nn03)
c 1912
Oil on canvas 92.1 x 60 cm 36 1/4 x 23 5/8 in Courtauld Institute Galleries London
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Painting ID:: 25298
Reclining Nude with Loose Hair (mk38)
1917
Oil on canvas 23 x 36 1/4 in (60 x 92.2 cm)
Osaka City Museum of Modern Art Japan
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Painting ID:: 25299
Jean Cocteau (mk38)
1916-17
Oil on canvas 39 1/2 x 32 in
(100.4 x 81.3 cm)
The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation,Inc
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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: | BEHAM, Barthel | BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo | Hans von Marees | Lo Scheggia | Abanindranath Tagore |
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