Amedeo Modigliani
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (US: /ˌmoʊdiːlˈjɑːni/, Italian: [ameˈdɛːo modiʎˈʎaːni]; ✦12 July 1884 – †24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and figures that were not received well during his lifetime, but later became much sought-after. Modigliani spent his youth in Italy, where he studied the art of antiquity and the Renaissance. In 1906, he moved to Paris, where he came into contact with such artists as Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brâncuși. By 1912, Modigliani was exhibiting highly stylized sculptures with Cubists of the Section d'Or group at the Salon d'Automne.
Modigliani's oeuvre includes paintings and drawings. From 1909 to 1914, he devoted himself mainly to sculpture. His main subject was portraits and full figures, both in the images and in the sculptures. Modigliani had little success while alive, but after his death achieved great popularity. He died of tubercular meningitis, at the age of 35, in Paris.
The galleries below are presented to allow the reader to see the painter's style.
For more information about the artist and his life, see the article using the following link:
- Wikipedia article: Amedeo Modigliani
Notes
- ↑ Two of eight galleries - All eight archived in Modigliani-gallery.zip
External links
- Works art PubHist
- www.Modigliani.org
- "Modigliani: Beyond the Myth", The Jewish Museum, New York, 2004
- "Modigliani Unmasked" The Jewish Museum, New York, 2017
- Modigliani and His Models, The Royal Academy of Arts, London 2006
- Review: Modigliani at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, The Guardian
- Modigliani's Jewish influences
- Secret Modigliani—All the paintings, provenance, catalogues and data, a complete non-profit resource
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