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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:: 53511
Nude
mk232
c.1908
oi lo ncanvas
61x38cm
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Painting ID:: 53512
Nude
mk232
1908
Oil on canvas
81x54cm
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Painting ID:: 53513
The Beggar of Livorno
mk232
1909
Oil on canvas
66x52.7cm
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Painting ID:: 53514
The Cellist
mk232
1909
Oil on canvas
130x80cm
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Painting ID:: 53515
Caryatid
mk232
1911-12
Oil oncanvas
72.5x50cm
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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: | Louis-Francois, Baron Lejeune | Anthony Vandyck Copley Fielding | Henry Allport | Charles Hunt | Olivier, Woldemar Friedrich |
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