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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:: 25510
Portrait of Pablo Picasso (mk39)
1915
OIl on paper mounted on card
13 1/2x10 1/8in
Courtesy Galerie Schmit,
Paris
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Painting ID:: 25512
Reclining Nude with Loose Hair (mk39)
1917
Oil on canvas
23 5/8x36 1/4in
Osaka City Museum of Modern Art
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Painting ID:: 25515
Reclining Nude on a Red Couch (mk39)
1917
Oil on canvas
23 5/8x36 1/4in
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Painting ID:: 25518
Reclining Nude (mk39)
c.1919
Oil on canvas
28 1/2x45 7/8in
The Museum of Modern Art
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Painting ID:: 25526
The Algerian Woman (mk39)
1917
Oil on canvas
21 5/8x13in
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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: | Lodewijk de Vadder | Thomas Murray | William Mctaggart | Cornelius Krieghoff | Henri Levy |
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