Modigliani Artist

Modigliani Artist was born on July 12, 1884, popular artists of the 20th century. began to study painting at the Art Academy in Livorno. Modigliani Artist enrolled in the Scuola Libera in Nudo (Free School of Nude Studies) in Florence. Modigliani Artist visited museums and churches of Florence to study Renaissance art. Modigliani Artist moved to Venice, studied at the Instituto at the Belle Arti in Venice. Two years later Modigliani Artist went to Paris. He took life-drawing classes at the Académie Colarossi and make friends with colleagues from around the world.

In 1907, Modigliani Artist got the first collector of a young medical doctor Paul Alexandre, who bought the painting and told him to paint portraits. Through Dr. Alexandre, Modigliani met Constantin Brancusi Romanian sculptor. In June 1914, Modigliani Artist met talented and eccentric English woman, Béatrice Hastings, a circus artist, a journalist, a poet, a traveler, art critic. Modigliani Artist had no respect for anyone except Picasso and Max Jacob. In August 1914, the First World War. Modigliani want to apply for compulsory military service but was rejected for health reasons. Paul Alexander is listed, ending the contract between themselves.

In April 1917, Modigliani Artist met Jeanne Hébuterne 19 years (1898-1920), student of the Académie Colarossi, "He was gentle, shy, quiet and smooth." Jeanne, became the main model to her death. In the spring of 1918, Modigliani and Jeanne left Paris, since the German occupation, go to the south coast. In these places make the most of Modigliani's paintings popular with the highest price. On November 29, 1918 in Nice, Jeanne gave birth to a girl Hébuterne, which is recognized by Modigliani Artist as his daughter. He was given the same name as the mother.

In late May 1919, Modigliani Artist returned to Paris. After several successful exhibitions in England, English collectors started to buy paintings. But at the end of  Modigliani Artist TB illness. On January 24, 1920 he died. A day after his death Jeanne suicide. They were buried together at Père Lachaise. Their children Jeanne (1918-1984) was adopted by Modigliani's sister in Florence, then he wrote a biography Modigliani: Man and Myth.

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