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Oct 24, 2024 · Born in 1884 in the Tuscan port city of Livorno, Amedeo was the youngest child of Eugenia and Flaminio Modigliani, an Italian Jewish couple who nicknamed him Dedo. He was close to his mother, who...
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The long faces and noses, tiny mouths and slanted eyes act as an almost signature in the later portraitureof Modigliani. Were these unified features simply a nod to abstraction? Or were they a way to leave his subjects’ heritage united in ambiguity? To truly appreciate race’s significance in Modigliani’s art, we must first understand the artist’s b...
The Jewish Museumreports Modigliani mostly stopped painting so he could develop his “conceptual and pictorial ideas through drawing and sculpture” in the years leading up to World War I. “The works [from this time] in the exhibition reveal the emerging artist himself, enmeshed in his own particular identity quandary, struggling to discover what por...
Enjoy more early works of Modigliani featured in the Jewish Museum’s exhibition below. And, if you are in the area, be sure to check out “Modigliani Unmasked” for an immersive look into the life and early works of the young Amedeo Modigliani. Do you think heritage is behind Modigliani’s trademark style? Tell us in the comments below.
Apr 28, 2020 · Amedeo Modigliani lived in a time in history when art movements were changing the creative landscape and war was shaping Europe and its social structures. He was inspired by life in the art districts of Paris, its avant-garde artists such as Picasso, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and Henri Matisse and poets like Zborovski and Jean Cocteau.
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The Italian Woman. Amedeo Modigliani Italian. ca. 1918–19. Not on view. The identity of the patient-looking sitter is unknown. Modigliani might have chosen her because she was a compatriot. Most of the artist's models were not professionals, except those he hired for his pictures of female nudes. Artwork Details. Overview.
In 1901, whilst in Rome, Modigliani admired the work of Domenico Morelli, a painter of dramatic religious and literary scenes. Morelli had served as an inspiration for a group of iconoclasts who were known by the title "the Macchiaioli " (from macchia —"dash of colour", or, more derogatively, "stain"), and Modigliani had already been exposed ...
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Dec 14, 2018 · How would you describe Modigliani’s style — and who, and what were his influences? Modigliani’s style, influenced by both French Modernism and Italian Mannerism, occupies a unique middle ground.
