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Modigliani Institute Korea (MIK) is
currently introducing artworks of Amedeo Modigliani.
The 97th work to introduce for this
week is “Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne in a Large Hat” in 1918.
This work is an expressionist style
portrait and an oil painting on canvas with the size of 55 x 37.5 cm and possessed
by Private Collection.
This portrait portrays Modigliani's
last lover, Jeanne Hebuterne, and he has painted many portraits of her since he
met Jeanne.
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| Jeanne Hebuterne |
In this painting, Jeanne, wearing a
wide-brimmed hat that seems to receive halo behind it, raises one of her hands
and places fingers on her chin, giving a pensive expression.
Such a pose of Jeanne is also
similar to Modigliani's "Portrait of Lunia Czechowska."
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| Portrait of Lunia Czechowska, Amedeo Modigliani (1918) |
Her hat is black on top and the
underside of the brim is brown, and her skin tone is a similar shade, but
slightly lighter and paler.
The painting reveals many of the typical features of Modigliani paintings, such as asymmetric almond-shaped eyes, hollow eyes without pupils, elongated oval face, nose and neck, and her mask-like face also shows influences from African art.
In this painting, Jeanne
is slightly offset from the center and one side of her hat extends beyond the
canvas, which Modigliani seems to emphasize the size of her hat large enough to
completely cover her face.
In addition, her hands reaching out
and touching her face with her fingers and her gentle expression are
reminiscent of the soft and serene faces found in the statues of saints in
Catholic churches, and these moods are a reflection of the Renaissance art that
greatly influenced Modigliani.
The tones of her soft face and bust
matches with the featureless background of a similar tone, and the black color
of her dress and her hat matches with the black sofa she is sitting.
Besides this painting, there are
paintings of Jeanne wearing a hat by Modigliani as shown below.
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| Jeanne Hebuterne with Hat and Necklace, Amedeo Modigliani (1917) |
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| Jeanne Hebuterne, Amedeo Modigliani (1918) |
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| Jeanne Hebuterne in a Hat, Amedeo Modigliani (1919) |
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