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Modigliani Institute Korea (MIK) is
currently introducing artworks of Amedeo Modigliani.
The 86th work to introduce for this
week is “Little Girl in Blue” in 1918.
This work is an expressionist style
portrait and an oil painting on canvas with the size of 116 x 73 cm.
This painting has a large size, although Modigliani generally used a large canvas only when drawing adult models: for example, the portraits of Leopold Zborowski (107 x 66 cm) and Mario Varvogli (116 x 73 cm)
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| Portrait of Leopold Zborowski, Amedeo Modigliani (1917) |
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| Portrait of Mario Varvogli, Amedeo Modigliani (c.1919) |
The collection of the Barnes Foundation such as
“Redheaded Girl in Evening Dress (116.2 x 73 cm)” and “Young Woman in Blue (90.8
x 60 cm)” were also painted on a large size canvas.
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| Redheaded Girl in Evening Dress, Amedeo Modigliani, The Barnes Foundation (1918) |
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| Young Woman in Blue, Amedeo Modigliani, The Barnes Foundation (1919) |
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| The Collection, Barnes Foundation |
This painting shows a young girl of 8-10 years old, standing in the corner of a room and is drawn almost life-size. The blue color of the girl's dress and walls goes well with the girl's eyes and the large wrinkled collar on her clothes. The composition based on the corner of the room combines with the girl's shadow and the dark tiles on the floor to give a sense of depth and stability, and the girl's boots and the dark color of her hair are in good harmony with the red ribbon on her head.
This painting was
created in Nice, Southern France, and seems to have been painted on a warm,
sunny day in the bright shades of pastel blue and the girl's shadow on the
floor and walls.
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| Amedeo Modigliani (right) in Nice (1918) |
It is very rare for Modigliani to paint the floor in his paintings, and in this painting it seems that he painted the floor to emphasize the girl standing in the corner of the room. In this painting, the floor is tilted up and her feet are facing down, giving the feeling of the girl floating in the air.
The girl's expression has sweetness and innocence, but rather it gives a feeling of gloomy rather than joy. It also seems that she comes from a poor family in the girl's expression, and maybe the dress the girl is wearing is the only dress she has.
Thank you.
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