"" AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
1884 B()rnin lit"(Jm(J1902-OJ Studi" in N<Kma
and J~nj",1906 ;\1"",.,-to Pari,1909 R"""", to Lh"(Kr/(J
and '" PilrjIagain.
ill"" Bnmm!i,
d«id" to '" a
"uJpmr19 12 &bihitJ Jcu1p,urt>
at Sal",19 14 H,al,bh<gi"''''
fail ,urill from
"u/prur< '"
paiming19 1 7 ,\I",.,.,. to South of
Fran"" mun-
J,amu Hdrn,,,",,,19 18 Birrb</tlnugb,"19 191920J,a"'"
R"""", to ParhDi""f"'lmtular
mmingi,i! in Pari!s....",ed Wom~n in Blue (1919)
A lNaunfoUy unM"",,,d portrai, in a iimj",d pal""
tbat ",miry! a mroiU/m', mood Til. rub,l, br(Jlml
ron" _J in tb,haaground '"'" '" r<jlm ,11< in".,-
'fHl" <! a allm mind, and ill", "lmpl,,""" ,b,
"''"{HIram/< flm"" " tIN jI"b to"" ,., lb. Titur',
lac" nulland b"lIlJyA
IllCdCO "'"digli.n; produced such
di"incr;,'e worl 'hot I"")I~ C wonder
how - in Paris .. the .tart of the
twen'i .... h ""mury _ he re",ained unnJuch .. II')-·
either Cubi'", or F,un';'I11. I ,...",.<1 uf fn.cruring
his inl1g.: or I",inting in heightened colour, he
te., k a decidedly "1" csentt tional al"",ach.
,\hldigliani nnet had any interest in the
all,,,.,,,, and 6,und no affinity with l'i<:":l.<.SO Or
,\htisse. After hcftiending the Romanian
sculpn>r llrlncu,,;, he mo,·"IIT,. " "'Olltlmme
to ,\ 1onql1rn:ts.«:, where llrlncusi h.d a studio.
,\1odigliani, as an Inlian, Et,'ourt,1 the sto.,e_c:tn'ing tndition, and the rebuilding of
"'ontparnasse meant he could heg plenty
of li""ston.: ITo", bu~ding sites. lie establish,,1
his clong-ned style with a ",rie< of d<pnt heads
that he cxhihired in the 191 Z Salo., d ·Autumne.
' 1"' 0 years hter, ,\1odigliani ab'n,l>ned
sculpture on he,lth g rounds. I lis paintings
consist alm( .. t enti",ly of p()(b".its a,.1 nudes.
The I.mraitsofhis lTicndsare <Ij'liu:d hut ' Iuite
rec()gni<:tble. The nu(k:s were ,,.,,k:ls, I" id for
by hi! dc:tlcr Z I' "UW,ki, who often SUI" li"J
JIliru and <:":1.))\''''' te.). The ,lender, ma"ncr"]
fig"'''' I,,"ame ,\ 1odigli.ni's tnde" .. rk: the ",'al