Amedeo Modigliani
1884–1920
Modigliani was born to Jewish parents in Livorno and moved to Paris in 1906. He portrayed friends and artists from the city's international community. His sources included African and Egyptian art, the Italian Renaissance and Cézanne. In his portraits these interests accompanied elongated proportions and simplified facial drawing.
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Sources
Amedeo Modigliani · MAC USP, donation of Yolanda Penteado and Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho; public-domain reproduction from The Yorck Project (2002) via Wikimedia Commons · Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo; independent public-domain reproduction via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (faithful reproduction of public-domain two-dimensional artwork) Portrait source · Licence