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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:: 25482
Portrait of a Young Woman (mk39)
1916-19
Oil on canvas
25 1/2x19 3/4in
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Painting ID:: 25484
Nude (mk39)
1915
Oil and ink wash on paper
14x10 3/8in
Minneapolis Institute of Art,
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Painting ID:: 25486
Portrait of Juan Gris (mk39)
1915
oil on canvas
21 5/8x15in
The Metropolitan Museum of Art,Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot
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Painting ID:: 25489
The Cellist (mk39)
1909
Oil on canvas
51 1/4x31 7/8in
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Painting ID:: 25490
The Little Peasant (mk39)
c.1918
Oil on canvas
39 3/8x25 3/8in
Tate Galllery.
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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: | Martin Mijtens d.a. | FERRARI, Defendente | TOMMASO DA MODENA | Wachtel, Marion Kavanaugh | MAGNASCO, Alessandro |
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