Amedeo Modigliani, 1884-1920 by Doris Krystof

The German painter Ludwig Meidner described him in the following way, “Our Modigliani, or ‘Modi’ as he was called – was a characteristic and, at the same time, highly talented representative of Bohemian Montmartre he was probably even its last true Bohemian”. Despite his poor health, he participated in the debauched life of the artists on Montmartre. He took life-drawing classes at the Académie Colarossi and befriended many colleagues from all over the world. Two years later Modigliani went to Paris. It is in Venice that he first tried hashish. A year later Modigliani moved to Venice, where he enrolled in the Instituto di Belle Arti di Venezia and continued the self-study of old masters.

He visited Florence’s museums and churches and studied the art of the Renaissance, which he learned to admire. In 1902, Modigliani enrolled in the Scuola libera di Nudo (Free School of Nude Studies) in Florence. By 1900, his health condition aggravated, he contracted tuberculosis and spent the winter of 1900/01 in Naples, on Capri and in Rome. After recovering he was allowed to drop school and start to take lessons in drawing and painting at the Art Academy in Livorno. The attack of typhoid in 1898 was a turning point in Modigliani’s life. It was she who liked to create myths around the family and encouraged this trait in her younger son. To contribute to the family income she gave private lessons and made translations. Eugenia Modigliani, Amedeo’s mother, came from France. By the time Amedeo was born, the family business was in down, to go bankrupt some years later. He was the forth and the youngest child in the family, which belonged to the secularized Jewish bourgeoisie. OL1721277W Page_number_confidence 88.00 Pages 102 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200814092513 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 519 Scandate 20200727013234 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9783822863190 Tts_version 4.Amedeo Modigliani, one of the most popular artists of the 20th century, was born on Jinto the family of Flaminio and Eugenia Modigliani, in Livorno (Leghorn), Tuscany. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 03:01:19 Associated-names Modigliani, Amedeo, 1884-1920 Boxid IA1899410 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

Amedeo Modigliani, 1884-1920 by Doris Krystof