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Modigliani Institute Korea (MIK) is
currently introducing artworks of Amedeo Modigliani.
The 89th work to introduce for this
week is “Thora Klinckowstrom” in 1919.
This work is an expressionist style portrait and an oil painting on canvas with the size of 99.7 x 64.8 cm and possessed in private collection.
This portrait of Thora is among Modigliani's last paintings, along with that of her friend Annie Bjarne. Thora, a young woman from Sweden, came to Paris to study art, chaperoned by her brother Harald.
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| Thora Klinckowstrom |
Shortly after her arrival in Paris in October 1919, she met Modigliani at the Rotonde café, where her future husband, Nils Dardel, took her.
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| Amedeo Modigliani and Adolphe Basler at Rotonde cafe in Paris (c.1918) |
Modigliani drew her there on squared paper provided by the café, and then added a quotation from D'Annunzio. Then, Modigliani suggested her to be his model and drew her on the back of a packet of Gitanes, on which he wrote his address, 8 Rue de la Grande Chaumiere.
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| A sketch for the portrait of Thora Klinckowstrom, Amedeo Modigliani |
Despite the disorder of his studio and his negligent dress, Thora was impressed by Modigliani's good looks and beautiful, hot dark eyes. She was also impressed by his persistent cough due to his illness.
Afterwards, Thora visited Modigliani’s studio for his model, where she accompanied her friend Annie Bjarne, whose portrait Modigliani also painted.
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| Annie Bjarne, Amedeo Modigliani (1919) |
Afterwards, she married Nils Dardel, and lived with him in Paris for 13 years in a studio-apartment on Rue Lepic. The portrait of Thora, who accidentally modeled for Modigliani, was soon forgotten and then reappeared on the art market in the 1970s.
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| Nils Dardel |
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