Tag: Modigliani

Woman With a Fan: A Painting by Amedeo Modigliani

Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) was an Italian sculptor and painter who lived in Paris for much of his working life and always struggled to earn a living. He died young, as the result of over-indulgence in drink and drugs. During the last five years of his life he abandoned sculpture for pain...

Why did Modigliani paint portraits and female nudes?

Amedeo Modigliani was a talented painter, draftsman and sculptor born in Livorno, Italy, on July 12, 1884, and died in Paris on January 24, 1920, at the age of 35, due to tuberculous meningitis, when he was just beginning to achieve success and fame, which were longed for by the artist, who lived a ...