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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:: 53496
Jean Cocteau
mk232
1916
Oil on canvas
100.3x81.3cm
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Painting ID:: 53497
Man with Pipe
mk232
1918
Oil on canvas
92x60cm
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Painting ID:: 53498
Portrait of Franck Burty Haviland
mk232
1914
Oil on Canvas
61x50cm
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Painting ID:: 53499
Gypsy Woman and Girl
mk232
1919
Oil on canvas
130x81cm
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Painting ID:: 53500
Le Zouave
mk232
1918
Oil on canvas
63x48.3cm
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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: | Newell Convers Wyeth | Pandolfo Reschi | Charles Howard Hodges | Leonardo Da Vinci | Kazimierz Wojniakowski |
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