New Release, “Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of Worldwide Famous Museum: 1. The Rijksmuseum”

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Today I would like to inform you that my new book has been published.

The new book titled “Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of Worldwide Famous Museum: 1. The Rijksmuseum” is a catalogue of the Rijksmuseum, a Dutch national museum, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

This catalogue has been published after obtaining permission for publication through direct discussion with the Rijksmuseum. This catalogue, published through J Books & Media, a publisher that I run, classifies and organizes the paintings of the Rijksmuseum by artists and genres, and it is believed that it will help readers to systematically understand the paintings held by the museum.

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The Introduction of the Works by Amedeo Modigliani: 4. A Bearded Man

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Modigliani Institute Korea (MIK) is introducing artworks of Amedeo Modigliani one by one every week now.

The 4th work to introduce this week is “A Bearded Man”.

Modigliani created this work in 1905.

It was drawn with ink and paper, and the size is 42.8 x 26.13 cm.

Despite the simplicity of the materials used in this work, Modigliani expressed the character of the figure very well, effectively using lines of various thicknesses.

Modigliani was an Italian painter who had a Jewish lineage.

As an Italian Jew, he created some works on Jewish culture or communities in Europe at that time.

It is one of the works showing such subjects, expressing a Jew characterized by beards.

Along with the "The Jewish Woman", it is also one of the works by Modigliani, expressing his identity as a Jewish lineage.

Modigliani is known for depicting the characters of the figures very well in his later paintings.

Considering it is his one of the early works, it is evident that his such painting style was not suddenly built up afterwards but Modigliani had it from his early age.

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