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      • Amedeo Modigliani (born July 12, 1884, Livorno, Italy—died January 24, 1920, Paris, France) was an Italian painter and sculptor whose portraits and nudes—characterized by asymmetrical compositions, elongated figures, and a simple but monumental use of line—are among the most important portraits of the 20th century.
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  2. Nov 23, 2017 · What remains of this extraordinary man is a body of work that modernised figurative painting. Often characterised by their elongated bodies and blank eyes, his subjects are distincively 'Modigliani', each telling a different story about his life and art. Here are a few things you may not know about him ...

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  4. Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (US: / ˌ m oʊ d iː l ˈ j ɑː n i /; 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.

    • 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 of an ancient law, creditors were not allowed to take the bed of a woman in labor, so the family piled their most valuable belongings on top of her.
    • Modigliani suffered health problems throughout his life, beginning in childhood. He developed pleurisy at age 11, and caught typhoid fever just a year later.
    • He is known to have begun drawing and painting when still a child, and his passion for art was highlighted when, during his bout of typhoid fever, he began raving during a fever induced delirium about seeing the old master paintings of Florence.
    • The artist was deeply interested in philosophy, having begun study of the subject as a young child. He was particularly influenced by the writings of Charles Baudelaire, Comte de Lautréamont, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
  5. Oct 25, 2024 · Amedeo Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor whose portraits and nudes—characterized by asymmetrical compositions, elongated figures, and a simple but monumental use of line—are among the most important portraits of the 20th century. Modigliani was born into a Jewish family of merchants.

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  6. Oct 24, 2024 · Live fast, die young, and leave behind a beautiful corpse. Such is the legend of Italian 20th-century artist Amedeo Modigliani. If you generously mark the start of his career at age 14, when he...

  7. Italian Painter and Sculptor. Born: July 12, 1884 - Livorno, Italy. Died: January 24, 1920 - Paris, France. Movements and Styles: Expressionism. 1 of 6. Summary of Amedeo Modigliani. A central participant in the École de Paris, Modigliani modernized two of the enduring themes of art history: the portrait and the nude.

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