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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:: 25569
Large Red Bust (mk39)
Oil on canvas
32 1/8x20 1/8in
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Painting ID:: 25572
Caryatid (mk39)
c.1913-14
Watercolor over graphiter on buff wove paper
21 1/8x16 1/8in
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Painting ID:: 25575
Crouched Nude (mk39)
c.1909-14
23 1/4x17 3/4in
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Painting ID:: 25578
Caryatid (mk39)
1914
Gouache,brush,and ink on paper
22 3/4x18 1/2in
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Painting ID:: 25582
Rose Caryatid with Blue Border (mk39)
c.1912
Watercolor on paper
21 7/8x17 3/4in
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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: | De Braekeleer Adrien | Carl Johan Fahlcrantz | Pieter Lodewyk Kuhnen | William John Hennessy | Joaquin Torres-Garcia |
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