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  1. Sep 19, 2018 · 21 Facts About Amedeo Modigliani. 1. Amedeo Modigliani was both in Livorno, Italy. At the time of his birth, his father, an Italian Jewish businessman, had recently declared bankruptcy. It is said that Modigliani’s actual birth saved the family from ruin, as it was on the same day that creditors came to seize all of their assets, but, because ...

  2. 7 Things You Might Not Know About Modigliani. Poor, misunderstood, drunk, only becoming successful after death: everyone knows the cliché of the tortured bohemian artist, and none fit the description more than Amadeo Modigliani. Known as Modì to his friends (a play on the french word maudit meaning cursed) he was good looking, intelligent ...

  3. Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (US: / ˌmoʊdiːlˈjɑːni /; Italian: [ameˈdɛːo modiʎˈʎaːni]; 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris 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 ...

  4. Best known as a painter, before his death at the age of thirty-five, Amedeo Modigliani also created impressive sculptures and drawings. However, the legend of his troubled life and early demise - and the subsequent suicide of his young fiancée, Jeanne Hébuterne - has tended to overshadow his significant artistic achievement.

  5. modiglianiproject.org › about-modiglianiAbout Modigliani

    Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) was an Italian Jewish artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He is considered one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century and of all time. Each year, he is among the top-selling artists (as noted on the Louise Blouin Art Sales Index). His portraits combine a range of influences including African ...

  6. But you also see his distrust for this cosmopolitan know-it-all in the way he emphasized the cocky tilt of the head, the fancy suit, the cigarette, almost as though Guillaume were a pimp selling ...

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  8. Amedeo Modigliani (1884 - 1920) is considered among the greatest painters to have lifted a brush. He mainly painted portraits and nudes, developing a style which proved scandalous in his own lifetime, but is now widely revered and instantly recognizable. The faces of his sitters are created with sparse lines, rounded shapes, and elongated necks.

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