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While not closely associated with any one particular or formal movement, Modigliani arrived at a signature style that fused aspects of contemporary European artistic developments such as Cubism with non-Western art forms like African masks.
- Italian
- July 12, 1884
- Livorno, Italy
- January 24, 1920
May 3, 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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Art market. In November 2010, a painting of a nude by Amedeo Modigliani, part of a series of nudes he created around 1917, sold for more than $68.9m (£42.7m) at an auction in New York—a record for the artist's work. Bidding for La Belle Romaine pushed its price well past its $40m (£24.8m) estimate.
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Amedeo Modigliani lived in the XIX – XX cent., a remarkable figure of Italian-Jewish Expressionism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- Italian, Jewish
- July 12, 1884
- Livorno, Italy
- January 24, 1920
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Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (US: , 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. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and figures — works that were not ...
Amedeo Modigliani (1884 - 1920) is considered among the greatest painters to have lifted a brush. He mainly painted portraits and nudes, developing a style which proved scandalous in his own...
