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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:: 25588
Madam Pompadour (mk39)
Oil on canvas
23 7/8x19 1/2in
The Art Institute of Chicago
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Painting ID:: 25589
Doctor Devaraigne (mk39)
1917
Oil on canvas
21 3/4x18 1/8in
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Painting ID:: 25590
Pierrot (mk39)
1915
Oil on carboard
16 7/8x10 5/8
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Painting ID:: 25591
Moise Kisling (mk39)
1915
Oil on canvas
14 5/8x11 3/8in
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Painting ID:: 25592
Portrait of paul Guillaume (mk39)
1915
Oil on cardboard mounted on plywood
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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: | Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch | victor pasmore | FARINATI, Paolo | blunck | BOTH, Andries |
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