Amedeo Modigliani pencil signed etching (1884 - 1920, Italian). Sold unframed. Size: 24 X 30 cm. No COA. Attributed to. Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian Jewish painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by elongation of faces, necks, and figures that were not received well during his lifetime but later found acceptance. Modigliani spent his youth in Italy, where he studied the art of antiquity and the Renaissance. In 1906 he moved to Paris, where he came into contact with such artists as Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brancusi. By 1912 Modigliani was exhibiting highly stylized sculptures with Cubists of the Section d Or group at the Salon d Automne. Modigliani s œuvre includes paintings and drawings. From 1909 to 1914 he devoted himself mainly to sculpture. His main subject was portraits and full figures, both in the images and in the sculptures. Modigliani had little success while alive, but after his death achieved great popularity.

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