Amedeo Modigliani
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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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caryatid Amedeo Modigliani6.jpg Painting ID:: 10516
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1913-1914. ol on cardboard. 23 5/8x21 1/4 ins(60x54cm). Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centure Geoges Pompidou, Paris, Purchase, 1949. |
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Amedeo Modigliani
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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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Caryatid Amedeo Modigliani40.jpg Painting ID:: 10562
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1911, oil on canvas, 28 1/2 x 19 3/4 ins(72.5x50cm). Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-westfalen, Dusseldorf. |
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Amedeo Modigliani
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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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Caryatid Amedeo Modigliani43.jpg Painting ID:: 10569
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1913-1914, Watercolor over Graphite on buff wove paper, 21 1/8 x 16 1/8 ins(53.5x41cm). The Art Institute of Chicgo, Amy McCormick Memorial Colletion. |
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Amedeo Modigliani
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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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Caryatid Amedeo Modigliani44.jpg Painting ID:: 10572
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1912-1914, Blue Crayon and graphite on paper, 24x18 ins(61x45.7cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, Given by Arthur Wiesenberger. |
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Amedeo Modigliani
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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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Caryatid Amedeo Modigliani46.jpg Painting ID:: 10576
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1914, Gouache, brush, and ink on paper, 22 3/4 x 18 1/2 ins(57.8x47cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mrs. Harriet H. Jonas Bequest. |
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