biography of Amedeo MODIGLIANI (1884-1920)
Personal data
Birth : 07/12/1884 - Livorno LI Tuscany, Italy
Death : 01/24/1920 - Paris, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Italy
Family relations
Father of Jeanne MODIGLIANI [ 1918-1984 ]Education
1898 :
Pupil of / student of Guglielmo MICHELI [ 1886-1926 ]
1902 : Accademia di Belle Arti – Via Ricasoli 66 – Florence FI, Italy
1903 : Accademia di Belle Arti – Campo della Carità 1050 – Venice VE, Italy
Professional data
Work and Life
1919:Goes back to Paris
1918:Due to his worsening state of health, he and Jeanne Hébuterne were obliged to stay in Nice for rest
1917:Meets Jeanne Hébuterne, a young student at the “Academie Colarossi,” with whom he moves in to the studio rented for them by Zborowsky in rue de la Grande-Chaumiére in Montparnasse
1916:Meets Léopold Zborowsky, an exiled Polish poet
1914:Stops seeing his friend Paul Alexandre and breaks all contact with many other artists
1913:The art dealer Chéron offered him his first paid contract for his paintings
1912:Meets Jaques Lipchitz, Augustus John and Jacob Epstein
1911:Visits Normandy with his aunt Laure
1908:Meets Brancusi at the “Cité Faulguiére” in Montparnasse, sculpted with him in his Paris studio
1907:Meets Dr. Alexandre and took up residence in the sprawling tenement block set up by Alexandre in rue Delta 7 in Montmartre to work with other painters
1906:Arrives in Paris
1903:Meets the artist Ortiz de Zàrate with whom he discovered the Biennial Exhibition of Modern Art in Venice and the European artistic trends, with a particular attention to the works of Cézanne and Van Gogh
1901:Leaves on a trip with his mother after recovering from a pulmonary ailment
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Oil/canvas
Sculpture-Volume : Stone
Drawing-Watercolor : Pencil
Subject
Traditional culturestars
women
female nude
portrait
Movements and styles
ExpressionismSchool of Paris
Works
Marie (Marie, fille du peuple; La Petite Marie) | |
Date of creation : 1918 Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : portrait Size : 62 x 51 cm | |
Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Jeanne Hebuterne | |
Date of creation : 1918 Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : portrait Size : 101 x 66 cm | |
Portrait of a Young Woman | |
Date of creation : 1918 Medium : Oil/canvas | |
The Servant Girl | |
Date of creation : 1918 Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : portrait Size : 60 x 24 inch | |
Portrait of the Artist Leopold Survage | |
Date of creation : 1918 Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : portrait Size : 62 x 46 cm | |
Nude | |
Date of creation : 1917 Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : female nude Size : 29 x 45 inch | |
Liegender Frauenakt auf weißem Kissen | |
Date of creation : 1917 Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : female nude | |
Portrait of a Woman | |
Date of creation : 1917 Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : portrait Size : 65 x 48 cm | |
Chaim Soutine | |
Date of creation : 1917 Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : portrait Size : 92 x 60 cm | |
Reclining Nude | |
Date of creation : 1917 Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : female nude Size : 61 x 93 cm | |
Paul Guillaume | |
Date of creation : 1915 Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : portrait | |
Head | |
Date of creation : 1911 Medium : Stone Subject : portrait Size : 64 x 13 x 35 cm | |
Caryatid | |
Date of creation : 1910 Medium : Pencil Subject : female nude Size : 26 x 19 cm | |
Portrait of Maud Abrantes | |
Date of creation : 1908 Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : female nude Size : 80 x 50 cm | |
Cypress Trees and Houses | |
Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : landscape Size : 24 x 18 inch | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2008
Modigliani et son temps
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza – Madrid, Spain
02/05/2008 – 05/08/2008
2005
Modigliani: au-delà du mythe
The Phillips Collection – Washington DC, United States
2005 – 05/29/2005
2002
L’Ange au Visage Grave
Musée du Luxembourg – Paris, France
10/23/2002 – 03/02/2003
Disegni e Acquarelli
Farsetti Arte – Milan MI, Italy
08/07/2002 – 08/31/2002
1993
Modigliani
Palazzo Grassi – Venice VE, Italy
09/05/1993 – 01/04/1994
1990
Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) – Düsseldorf, Germany
1990
1921
Galerie l’Evêque – Paris, France
1921
1917
Galerie Berthe Weill – Paris, France
10/03/1917
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Landau Fine Art – 1456 Sherbrooke Street West – Montréal QC, Canada
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Landau Fine Art – 1456 Sherbrooke Street West – Montréal QC, Canada
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Landau Fine Art – 1456 Sherbrooke Street West – Montréal QC, Canada
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Landau Fine Art – 1456 Sherbrooke Street West – Montréal QC, Canada
2001
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Nathalie Seroussi – 34 Rue de Seine – Paris, France
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Helly Nahmad Gallery – 2 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom
13th Annual Works on Paper
New York NY, United States
03/02/2001 – 03/04/2001
Represented by : Peter Findlay Gallery – 41 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Miami, n° 11
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/22/2001
Represented by : Alexia Goethe Gallery – 5-7 Dover Street – London, United Kingdom
1912
Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1912
1910
Salon des Artistes Indépendants
Paris, France
1910
1908
Salon des Artistes Indépendants
Paris, France
1908
1907
Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1907
Group exhibitions
2003
Modigliani and the Artists of Montparnasse
LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Los Angeles CA, United States
06/29/2003 – 09/28/2003
Modigliani and the Artists of Montparnasse
Kimbell Art Museum – Fort Worth TX, United States
02/09/2003 – 05/25/2003
2002
Modigliani and the Artists of Montparnasse
Albright Knox Art Gallery – Buffalo NY, United States
10/22/2002 – 01/12/2003
Les Jeux dans l’art du 20e siècle
Espace Bellevue – Biarritz, France
06/22/2002 – 10/03/2002
Fabric of Vision: Dress and Drapery in Painting
National Gallery – London, United Kingdom
06/19/2002 – 09/08/2002
1998
Three Collectors: Solomon R.Guggenheim, Peggy Guggenheim and Gianni Mattioli
Peggy Guggenheim Collection – Venice VE, Italy
1998
Rendez vous: Masterpieces from the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Guggenheim Museums
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
10/16/1998 – 01/24/1999
1959
1ère Biennale de Paris
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
10/02/1959 – 10/25/1959
1955
Documenta 1 – Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
07/15/1955 – 09/18/1955
1930
Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1930
1919
Modern French Art
London, United Kingdom
1919
1918
Matisse, Picasso et Modigliani
Galerie Paul Guillaume – Paris, France
1918
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2000
Modigliani
Publisher: Les Editions de l’Amateur – Paris, France
Author: Parisot Christian
2000
1998
Modigliani
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
Author: Hall Douglas
1998
1996
Amedeo Modigliani
Publisher: Prestel Verlag – Mandlstraße 26 – Munich, Germany
Author: Kruszynski Anette
1996
1993
Modigliani inconnu
Publisher: Editions Albin Michel – Paris, France
Author: Alexandre Noël
1993
1967
Modigliani: A Biography of Amedeo Modigliani
Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Co – New York NY, United States
Author: Sichel Pierre
1967
Periodicals
2002
STERN Jérôme – Modigliani à forte dose
in: La Tribune p. 28
Paris, France
29/10/2002
CORMAULT Sandrine – Amedeo Modigliani, Comète
in: Art Actuel n° 23 p. 36
Paris, France
11/2002-12/2002