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Modigliani Institute Korea (MIK) is
currently introducing artworks of Amedeo Modigliani.
The 83rd work to introduce for this
week is “Portrait of Madame Kisling” in 1917.
This work is an expressionist style
portrait and an oil painting on canvas with the size of 46.2 x 33.2 cm, and
housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D. C., USA.
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| National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA |
This portrait shows Renée Kisling, the wife of Moïse Kisling, a fellow artist and friend of Amedeo Modigliani who lived in the same building in Paris.
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| Moïse Kisling and Renee Kisling |
Moïse Kisling was a Polish-born French
painter, who moved to Paris in 1910 at the age of 19, became a French citizen
in 1915, and married Renée Kisling in 1916.
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| Moïse Kisling |
Moïse described her face as
"bright, intelligent, and always looking for something with
curiosity", and such features of her face are well represented in this
portrait, with her sculptural and angular face.
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| Portrait of Moise Kisling, Amedeo Modigliani |
In this work, everything about her appearance is striking, such as her short brown hair, faint green eyes without pupils, bangs hanging down to her eyes, double eyelids, slender nose, crooked and uniquely shaped mouth and cheekbones.
In addition, her head is tilted to the left, which is one of the characteristics of Modigliani's painting style, and her attire and neck are reminiscent of a male, giving the impression of adding her face to the male body.
Her friends called her as an optimistic and very modern woman. She loved parties so much that she hated the parties to end and she loved unique outfits, such as wearing trousers without socks.
Perhaps
Modigliani expressed her appearance as a kind of male figure rather than a
typical female figure to emphasize her such progressive personality and
character.
Thank you.
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