Painters

Amedeo Modigliani

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Full NameAmedeo Clemente Modigliani
Date of Birth12 July 1884
Place of BirthLivorno, Kingdom of Italy
Date of Death24 January 1920
Place of DeathParis, France
Resting PlacePère Lachaise Cemetery
EducationAccademia di Belle Arti, Florence
Known ForPainting, sculpture
Notable WorksRedheaded Girl in Evening Dress, Madame Pompadour, Jeanne Hébuterne in Red Shawl
MovementSchool of Paris
PartnerJeanne Hébuterne (1917–1920, his death)
Children4, including Jeanne Modigliani
Early LifeBorn into a Sephardic Jewish family in Livorno, Italy
Family BackgroundDescended from an intellectual, scholarly family with a history of money-lending
Financial HardshipExperienced bankruptcy due to economic downturn
Relationship with MotherClose relationship; she taught him at home until the age 10
Health IssuesBattled pleurisy, typhoid fever, and tuberculosis throughout his life
Influence of MotherInstrumental in his pursuit of art as a vocation
Quote from Mother’s Diary“Perhaps an artist?” at age 11

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