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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:: 25583
Caryatid (mk39)
c.1914
Gouache on wover paper,mounted on canvas
mount-ed on wood panel
55 3/8x26 1/8in
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Painting ID:: 25584
Caryatid (mk39)
1914
Mixed media on cardboard
29x19 1/2in
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Painting ID:: 25585
Caryatid (mk39)
c.1914-15
Blue crayon and graphite on paper
28 7/8x23 3/8in
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Painting ID:: 25586
Pierre Reverdy (mk39)
1915
Oil on canvas
16x13 1/4in
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Painting ID:: 25587
Leon Indenbaum (mk39)
1916
Oil on canvas
21 1/2x18in
The Henry and Rose
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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: | Nicolas de Largilliee | Alexis Simon Belle | Cornelisz van Haarlem | Tobias Verhaecht | Conrad Wise Chapman |
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