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Amedeo Modigliani


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Livorno (Leghorn), Kingdom of Italy, Italy
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Amedeo Clemente Modigliani, (July 12, 1884 - January 24, 1920) was an Italian artist of Jewish heritage who practiced and pursued his career for the most part in France.

He began his artistic studies before moving to Paris in 1906. His circle of friends and associates, a range of genres and movements, and primitive art influenced the unique and idiosyncratic œuvre of Modigliani. Poverty, overworking, and an excessive use of alcohol and narcotics exacerbated tubercular meningitis, from which he died young in Paris.

Noted Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani gracefully elongated lines of his portraits, including Reclining Nude (1917).



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Le lettere

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Complete Paintings of Amede...

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Modigliani and His Models

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Modigliani: Masterpieces

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Cartas

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Modigliani Phaidon Art

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“When I know your soul, I will paint your eyes”
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“It is your duty in life to save your dream.”
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“Rome is not outside me, but inside me.. Her feverish sweetness, her tragic countryside, her own beauty and harmony, all these are mine, for my thought and my work.”
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