
Musée No:397.074
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Artist: Amedeo Modigliani
Date: 1917
Amedeo, or "Dedo," Modigliani (1884-1920) was the youngest of four children born to Jewish parents in Livorno, Italy. In 1895, Amedeo contracted the first of several serious illnesses that he battled throughout childhood including typhoid and tuberculosis. In 1901, Dedo was recuperating in southern Italy with his mother. Visits to the museums in Naples, Rome, Florence, and Venice familiarized him with classical Italian painting and sculpture, fuelling his enthusiasm for the fine arts. After their return to Livorno, he convinced his mother to allow him to move to Florence, where he studied figure drawing at the Scuola Libera di Nudo. Although his works were not commercially successful during his lifetime, they became increasingly popular after his death. Modigliani is now among the celebrated artists of the twentieth century.