Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (1884 – 1920) was an Italian Jewish painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by elongation of faces and figures, that were not received well during his lifetime, but later found acceptance. Modigliani spent his youth in Italy, where he studied the art of antiquity and the Renaissance until he moved to Paris in 1906.
Modigliani's œuvre includes paintings and drawings. From 1909 to 1914, however, he devoted himself mainly to sculpture. His main subject was portraits and full figures of humans, both in the images and in the sculptures.
A central participant in the Ecole de Paris, Modigliani modernized two of the enduring themes of art history: the portrait and the nude. Characterized by a sense of melancholy, elongated proportions, and mask-like faces influenced by such sources as Constantin Brancusi and African art, Modigliani's portraits are both specific and highly stylized, each uniquely revealing its sitter's inner life, while at the same time unmistakably "Modiglianized," to use the words of one critic. The subject of three biographical movies, Modigliani's legacy is inextricably bound up with his tragic and bohemian life: his fragile health, which plagued him since childhood; his perpetual pennilessness; and - most famously - his over-the-top, self-destructive lifestyle, which included sexual debauchery and overuse of drugs and alcohol.
The work of the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi was perhaps the single most important influence on Modigliani's creative development. Although Modigliani is best known as a painter, he focused on sculpture early on in his career, and, some writers have argued, may have regarded his true calling as that of sculptor.
Modigliani's œuvre includes paintings and drawings. From 1909 to 1914, however, he devoted himself mainly to sculpture. His main subject was portraits and full figures of humans, both in the images and in the sculptures.
A central participant in the Ecole de Paris, Modigliani modernized two of the enduring themes of art history: the portrait and the nude. Characterized by a sense of melancholy, elongated proportions, and mask-like faces influenced by such sources as Constantin Brancusi and African art, Modigliani's portraits are both specific and highly stylized, each uniquely revealing its sitter's inner life, while at the same time unmistakably "Modiglianized," to use the words of one critic. The subject of three biographical movies, Modigliani's legacy is inextricably bound up with his tragic and bohemian life: his fragile health, which plagued him since childhood; his perpetual pennilessness; and - most famously - his over-the-top, self-destructive lifestyle, which included sexual debauchery and overuse of drugs and alcohol.
The work of the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi was perhaps the single most important influence on Modigliani's creative development. Although Modigliani is best known as a painter, he focused on sculpture early on in his career, and, some writers have argued, may have regarded his true calling as that of sculptor.
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| Mr Amedeo Modigliani |
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| 1919, self-portrait |
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| 1908, Head of a young woman |
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| 1908, Nude with a hat |
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| 1909, L'amazone |
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| 1915, Bride and groom, the couple |
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| 1915, Head of red haired woman |
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| 1915, Leon Indenbaum |
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| 1915, Little Louise |
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| 1915, Woman's head |
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| 1916, Chaim Soutine |
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| 1916, Christina |
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| 1916, Madame Reynouard |
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| 1916, Max Jacob |
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| 1916, Portrait of Margarita |
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| 1916, The Beautiful Confectioner |
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| 1917, Elena Povolozky |
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| 1917, Jeanne Hebuterne with hat and necklace |
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| 1917, Madame Zborowska with clasped hands |
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| 1917, Portrait of a Girl |
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| 1917, Woman with White Coa |
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| 1917, Young Girl in a Striped Blouse |
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| Alice |
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| 1918, Boy in a blue shirt |
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| 1918, Burgundian woman |
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| 1918, Dark young woman seated by a bed |
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| 1918, Germaine Survage with earrings |
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| 1918, Girl with pigtails |
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| 1918, Madame Zborowska |
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| 1918, Marie, fille du peuple (La petite Marie) |
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| 1918, Portrait of the artist Léopold Survage |
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| 1918, Seated young woman |
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| 1918, Sitting man on orange background |
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| 1918, The Zouave |
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| 1918, Young girl in beret |
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| 1918, Young girl seated |
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| 1919, Annie Bjarne |
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| 1919, Gypsy woman with a baby |
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| 1919, Jeanne Hebuterne (with a Scarf) |
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| 1919, La blonde aux boucles d'oreille |
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| 1919, Portrait of a young woman |
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| 1919, Woman with a fan, Lunia Czechowska |
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| 1918, Les deux filles |
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