Perhaps the greatest Italian artist of the 20th century, Modigliani (1884–1920) created memorable paintings that revealed an intriguing distortion of form and a sensitive use of color. The art stickers in this collection The Wife of the Artist, Reclining Nude, A Working Girl, Portrait of Max Jacob and 12 others.
Noted Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani gracefully elongated lines of his portraits, including Reclining Nude (1917).
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani, an artist of Jewish heritage, practiced and pursued his career for the most part in France. He began his artistic studies before moving to Paris in 1906. Circle of friends and associates, a range of genres and movements, and primitive art influenced nonetheless unique and idiosyncratic œuvre of Modigliani. Poverty, overworking, and an excessive use of alcohol and narcotics exacerbated tubercular meningitis, from which died young in Paris.