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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:: 25553
Joseph Levi (mk39)
1909
Oil on canvas
21 3/4x19 3/4in
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Painting ID:: 25554
Maud Abrantes (mk39)
1908
Oil on canvas
31 7/8x21 1/4in
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Painting ID:: 25557
Head of a Woman in Profile (mk39)
1906-7
Oil on canvas
14x11 5/8in
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Painting ID:: 25559
Caryatid (mk39)
c.1911
Oil on canvas
28 1/2x19 3/4in
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Painting ID:: 25563
Red Bust (mk39)
Red Bust
1913
Oil on cardboard
31 7/8x18 1/8in
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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: | Rembrandt Peale | Victor Westerholm | Catharina Van Hemessen | Johannes van Wijckersloot | Adolph Friedrich Vollmer |
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