Name: Amedeo Modigliani
Born: 12 July 1884, Livorno, Italy
Died: 24 January 1920, Paris, France
Country: Italy
Art Movement: Expressionism
Genre: Nudes, Portraits
Field: Painting, Sculpture
Active Years: 1898-1920
Influenced by: Paul Cezanne, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Friends/Colleagues: Constantin Brancusi, Diego Rivera, Chaim Soutine, Moise Kisling, Jacques Lipchitz, Max Jacob, Pablo Picasso, Jacob Epstein, Juan Gris, Gino Severini, Maurice Utrillo, Tsuguharu Foujita
Family: Jeanne Hébuterne
Amedeo Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor with a Jewish descent, who worked most of his life in France. His painting style is characterized by elongated faces, necks and figures. He was not recognized at the time of his life but became famous after his death.
Modigliani spent his time for studying Ancient and Renaissance arts during his youth in Italy. In 1906, he moved to Paris, where he met many artists including Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brancusi.
In 1912, Modigliani exhibited his sculptures with Cubists in the Salon d'Automne. From 1909 to 1914, he devoted himself to sculpture. His main subjects were portraits and full body of figures in both paintings and sculptures.
He died at age 35 from tuberculosis meningitis in Paris.
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