Tag: Modigliani

Alice (c.1918)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Alice c.1918 Oil on canvas, 78.5 x 39 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Modigliani worked almost exclusively with the human figure and is particularly well known for his portraits. When he painted this picture his characteristic style of…

Diego Rivera (1916)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Diego Rivera 1916 Oil on paper, 100.5 x 81 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo Modigliani’s characters have the Gothic, lanky behavior of a sunflower reaching up to celebrate heliotropism, as evinced in the other five portraits that integrate…

Jean Cocteau (1916)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jean Cocteau 1916 Oil on canvas, 100.4 x 81.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Modigliani moved from his native Italy to Paris in 1906 and soon became part of the city’s vibrant artistic and literary culture. His…

Portrait de Jean Cocteau (1916)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Portrait de Jean Cocteau (Portrait of Jean Cocteau) 1916 Pencil on paper, 42.1 26.3 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The now highly admired Modigliani died at the age of 35 in Paris from a combination of tuberculosis, alcohol, narcotics and…

Kiki de Montparnasse

(1901–1953) Alice Ernestine Prin Le Violon d’Ingres, photograph by Man Ray (1924) Kiki in Art: Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Testa di donna 1915 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid   Born October 2 1901 Châtillon-sur-Seine (France) Died March 23 1953 Paris (France) Occupation Actress Art Model Occupation Painter…

Jean Cocteau

(1889–1963) Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau The artist’s works: Festival de musique de Menton 1956 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland La Tour 1959 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Orphée 1960 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Works: • La Danse de Sophocle (French) •…

Madam Pompadour (1915)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Madam Pompadour 1915 Oil on canvas, 61.1 × 50.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Born of Jewish parents in the Italian coastal town of Leghorn, Amedeo Modigliani settled in Paris in 1906, where he developed friendships with Pablo…

Madame de Pompadour

(1721–1764) Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson Marquise de Pompadour Duchesse de Menars Madame de Pompadour in Art: Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Psyché montrant à ses soeurs les présents de l’amour 1753 National Gallery, London     Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Madam Pompadour 1915 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago  …