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Modigliani Institute Korea (MIK) is introducing artworks of Amedeo Modigliani one by one every week now.
The 4th work to introduce this week is “A Bearded Man”.
Modigliani created this work in 1905.
It was drawn with ink and paper, and the size is 42.8 x 26.13 cm.
Despite the simplicity of the materials used in this work, Modigliani expressed the character of the figure very well, effectively using lines of various thicknesses.
Modigliani was an Italian painter who had a Jewish lineage.
As an Italian Jew, he created some works on Jewish culture or communities in Europe at that time.
It is one of the works showing such subjects, expressing a Jew characterized by beards.
Along with the "The Jewish Woman", it is also one of the works by Modigliani, expressing his identity as a Jewish lineage.
Modigliani is known for depicting the characters of the figures very well in his later paintings.
Considering it is his one of the early works, it is evident that his such painting style was not suddenly built up afterwards but Modigliani had it from his early age.
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