Amedeo Modigliani

'girl, red dress, black cat' by amedeo modigliani

Amedeo Clemente Modigliani, was an Italian painter, practicing both painting and sculpture, who pursued his career for the most part in France. Modigliani was born in Livorno, in Northwestern Italy and began his artistic studies in Italy before moving to Paris in 1906. Influenced by the artists in his circle of friends and associates, by a range of genres and art movements, and by primitive art

Amedeo Modigliani - Seated Woman in Blue Dress, 1918

Amedeo Modigliani Art is so unique you can recognise one of his paintings or sculptures almost instantly. In 2015 one of his artworks sold for over $100 million

1. Amedeo Modigliani was both in Livorno, Italy. At the time of his birth, his father, an Italian Jewish businessman, had recently declared bankruptcy. It is said that Modigliani’s actual birth saved the family from ruin, as it was on the same day that creditors came to seize all of their assets,"u2026

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