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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:: 25496
Head of a young Woman (mk39)
1915
Oil on canvas
21 1/4x16 3/8
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Painting ID:: 25497
Woman with a Velvert Ribbon (mk39)
oil on cnavas
21 1/4x17 7/8in
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Painting ID:: 25500
Suffering Nude (mk39)
1908
Oil on canvas
31 7/8x21 1/4in
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Painting ID:: 25503
Reclining Nude (mk39)
1919
Oil on canvas
28 3/4x45 5/8in
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Painting ID:: 25509
Recling Nude with Arm Across Her Forehead (mk39)
1917
Oil on canvas
25 5/8x39 3/8in
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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: | Nicolaus Knupfer | George Bellows | John Thomson | Sanford Robinson Gifford | Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter |
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