Modigliani

About this book

This definitive monograph on Modigliani incorporates new research into one of the most comprehensive surveys ever published on the seminal twentieth-century artist. Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) is one of the most important artists of the early twentieth century. This ambitious volume includes 150 works from throughout Modigliani's tragically brief yet formative career, from the artist's celebrated erotic nudes and iconic, elongated figures to his lesser-known treasures. Accompanying one of the largest exhibitions of Modigliani's paintings, sculptures, and drawings ever shown in Europe, this comprehensive catalogue contextualizes the modernist master alongside works by his peers, such as Cézanne, Brancusi, and Picasso.

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About the author

Amedeo Modigliani

12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920

**Amedeo Clemente Modigliani** was an Italian painter and sculptor of the [École de Paris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_de_Paris "École de Paris") who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a [modern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art "Modern art") style characterised by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and figures — works that were not received well during his lifetime, but later became much sought after.