Amedeo Modigliani facts for kids
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Amedeo Modigliani
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Amedeo Modigliani
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Amedeo Clemente Modigliani
12 July 1884 |
| Died | 24 January 1920 (aged 35) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence |
| Known for | Painting, sculpture |
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Notable work
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Redheaded Girl in Evening Dress Madame Pompadour Jeanne Hébuterne in Red Shawl |
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (born July 12, 1884 – died January 24, 1920) was an Italian Jewish painter and sculptor. He mostly worked in France. He is famous for his portraits in a modern style. These paintings often show long faces, necks, and bodies. People did not like his art much when he was alive. But after his death, his work became very popular.
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Amedeo Modigliani's Life
Early Life in Italy
Modigliani was born in Livorno, Italy. His family was Sephardic Jewish. Livorno was a port city. It was a safe place for people who were treated badly for their religion. There was a large Jewish community there. His family had lived along the Mediterranean Sea for many years. They were known for being smart and scholarly.
Modigliani's mother, Eugénie Garsin, was from a family of thinkers. They were experts in old Jewish texts. His father, Flaminio, came from a family of successful business people. When Modigliani was born, his father's business had money problems. An old law helped his family. It said that a pregnant woman's bed could not be taken by people owed money. So, his family put their valuable things on his mother's bed to save them.
Modigliani had a very close bond with his mother. She taught him at home until he was 10 years old. He had many health problems as a child. He got sick with pleurisy when he was 11. A few years later, he got typhoid fever. When he was 16, he got sick again. He caught tuberculosis, which later caused his death. After he got better, his mother took him on a trip. They visited cities like Naples, Rome, Florence, and Venice.
His mother really helped him become an artist. When he was 11, she wrote in her diary. She wondered if he would become an artist. Modigliani started drawing and painting very young. He thought of himself as a painter even before he had lessons. His mother supported his love for art.
When he was 14, he was sick with typhoid fever. He talked about wanting to see the paintings in Florence. He had heard about the great art there. His mother promised to take him to Florence when he was well. She kept her promise. She also found him the best painting teacher in Livorno, Guglielmo Micheli.
Modigliani studied at Micheli's Art School from 1898 to 1900. He learned about 19th-century Italian art there. You can still see this influence in his early works.
Moving to Paris
In 1906, Modigliani moved to Paris, France. There, he met other famous artists. These included Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brâncuși. By 1912, Modigliani was showing his sculptures. They were very stylish and had a Cubist look. He showed them at the Salon d'Automne.
In his first years in Paris, Modigliani worked very fast. He drew all the time. He made many drawings each day. But many of his artworks were lost or destroyed. He often moved homes and left things behind. He also gave drawings to friends who did not keep them.
Modigliani's art includes paintings and drawings. From 1909 to 1914, he mostly made sculptures. His main subjects were portraits of people. He painted and sculpted full figures.
When World War I started, Modigliani tried to join the army. But he was not allowed because of his poor health. He was not very famous when he was alive. But after he died, his art became very popular. Many books, plays, and films have been made about his life.
Jeanne Hébuterne
In the spring of 1917, he met Jeanne Hébuterne. She was a 19-year-old art student. Jeanne came from a strict family. They did not approve of her relationship with Modigliani. But soon, they started living together.
Jeanne began to pose for Modigliani. She appears in many of his paintings. She became a very important subject for his art.
Near the end of World War I, in 1918, Modigliani and Hébuterne left Paris. They wanted to get away from the war. They traveled to Nice and Cagnes-sur-Mer. They spent a year in France. They had many friends there, like Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Pablo Picasso.
On November 29, 1918, they moved to Nice. Jeanne gave birth to their daughter there. They named her Jeanne. In May 1919, they went back to Paris. They moved into an apartment with their baby daughter.
Jeanne became pregnant again. Modigliani then got engaged to her. But Jeanne's parents were still against the marriage. Modigliani officially said their daughter was his child. The wedding plans stopped because Modigliani found out he had a serious form of tuberculosis.
Death
Modigliani died on January 24, 1920. He was 35 years old. He died in Paris from tuberculous meningitis. Many artists from Montmartre and Montparnasse came to his large funeral.
Images for kids
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Modigliani's birthplace in Livorno
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Portrait of Pablo Picasso, 1915, private collection
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His home in Venice.
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Portrait of Chaïm Soutine, 1916
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Portrait of Juan Gris, 1915
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Le Bateau-Lavoir in 1910
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Four sculptures by Modigliani exhibited at the 1912 Salon d'Automne along with the Cubists
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Female Head, 1911/1912, Tate
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Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and André Salmon, 1916
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Portrait of Léopold Zborowski, 1918
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Modigliani in 1919, near the end of his life
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Grave of Modigliani and Hébuterne in Père Lachaise Cemetery
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Alice, c. 1918, Danish National Gallery
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Portrait of Maude Abrantes, 1907, Hecht Museum
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Paul Guillaume, Novo Pilota, 1915, Musée de l'Orangerie
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Bride and Groom, 1915
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Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz, 1916
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Léon Indenbaum, 1916, Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection, on long-term loan to the Princeton University Art Museum
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Portrait of Beatrice Hastings, 1916
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Portrait of Moise Kisling, 1915
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Madame Kisling, 1917
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Portrait of the Artist's Wife (Jeanne Hébuterne), 1918
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Jeanne Hébuterne with Yellow Sweater, 1918
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Dedie Hayden, 1918, Centre Georges Pompidou
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Gypsy Woman with Baby, 1919, National Gallery of Art
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The Little Peasant, 1918, Tate Liverpool
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Portrait of a Young Woman, 1918, New Orleans Museum of Art
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Buste de femme, unknown, before 1919, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires)
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Beatrice Hastings, 1916–1919, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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Woman with a Fan, 1919, stolen from Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
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Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne, Seated, 1918, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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Portrait of Blaise Cendrars, 1917, Galleria Sabauda, Turin
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See also
In Spanish: Amedeo Modigliani para niños
