Amedeo Modigliani

1884–1920

Modigliani was born to Jewish parents in Livorno and moved to Paris in 1906. He portrayed friends and artists from the city's international community. His sources included African and Egyptian art, the Italian Renaissance and Cézanne. In his portraits these interests accompanied elongated proportions and simplified facial drawing.

Paintings and other works

Amedeo Modigliani

Portrait of a Woman

c. 1917–18

Amedeo Modigliani

Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz

1916

Tours featuring this artist

How painting changed in the early twentieth century

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Sources

Source · www.nga.gov
Source · clevelandart.org
Portrait attribution

Amedeo Modigliani · MAC USP, donation of Yolanda Penteado and Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho; public-domain reproduction from The Yorck Project (2002) via Wikimedia Commons · Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo; independent public-domain reproduction via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (faithful reproduction of public-domain two-dimensional artwork) Portrait source · Licence