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Modigliani Institute Korea (MIK) is
currently introducing artworks of Amedeo Modigliani.
The 92nd work to introduce for this
week is “Roger Dutilleul” in 1919.
This work is an expressionist style
portrait and an oil painting on canvas with the size of 100 x 65 cm and possessed
in private collection.
Roger Dutilleul, born in Paris on
December 19, 1872, and died in Paris on January 22, 1956, was an art collector
and a patron of artists.
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| Roger Dutilleul |
He began his collection in 1905
with major art dealers, such as Ambroise Vollard or Léonce Rosenberg. In 1907,
he met Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, an art collector who had just opened his own
gallery at the time, and became one of his first clients.
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| Ambroise Vollard |
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| Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler |
Dutilleul once remarked, "There is no such thing as abstract or figurative, there is just good painting." It was a fine motto for him, who collected about fifteen Modigliani works and dozens of works by various artists such as Braque, Derain, Vlaminck, Picasso, Matisse, Leger, and Miro. He was a great bourgeois, a refined man and, like Paul Guillaume, a true lover of avant-garde art.
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| Georges Braque |
Discovering some of Modigliani's works in Paul Guillaume's gallery, he received an offer for his other works from Constant Lepoutre, an art dealer who introduced him to Zborowski, and then purchased all the works of Modigliani that Zborowski possessed. Then, Zborowski suggested Dutilleul for the model of Modigliani.
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| Portrait of Paul Guillaume, Amedeo Modigliani (1915) |
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| Portrait of Constant Lepoutre, Amedeo Modigliani (1916) |
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| Portrait of Leopold Zborowski, Amedeo Modigliani (1919) |
Modigliani's portrait of Dutilleul shows an aristocratic elegance comparable to that of his first patron, Paul Alexandre, painted in 1909. The portrait of Dutilleul, painted ten years after Modigliani painted Alexandre's portrait, is characterized by the muted color, the very thin painting and the slightly tilted head compared to Alexandre's portrait.
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| Portrait of Paul Alexandre, Amedeo Modigliani (1909) |
Also, as a token of his gratitude to his other patron, Dutilleul, Modigliani portrays him in his work as a benevolent and dignified figure. This portrait was painted in three sessions totaling seven and a half hours.
Thank you.
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