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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:: 25625 Landscape at Cagnes (mk39)
1919
Oil on canvas
18 1/8x11 3/8in
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Painting ID:: 25626 Jeanne Hebuterne with Yellow Sweater (mk39)
1918-19
Oil on canvas
30 3/8x25 1/2in
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Painting ID:: 25628 Portrait of Thora Klinckowstrom (mk39)
1919
Oil on canvas
39 1/4x25 1/2in
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Painting ID:: 27122 Self-Portrait
mk52
1919
Oil on canvas
100x65cm
Museum of Contemporary Art,University of Sao Paulo,Brazil
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Painting ID:: 30904 Reclining Nude
mk68
Oil on canvas
New York
Museum of Modern Art
c.1917
Italy
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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: | Carl Olaf Larsson | NEER, Eglon van der | Walter Withers | Cornelius Gijsbrechts | Friedrich Stahl |
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