Modigliani

[Dave U. Random]

LA Times

"Modigliani - A Life" by Meryle Secrest (Amazon:
http://xrl.us/Modigliani )

Amedeo Modigliani occupies a paradoxical place in art history. The
Italian painter and sculptor who rose to fame in early 20th century
Paris is both revered and disdained for his trademark style and
wildly romanticized life story.

As an artist, Modigliani is known as a portraitist who elongated
noses and necks, rounded shoulders and turned eyes into almond
shapes. As a personality, he has been mythologized as a tragic
figure who died of tubercular meningitis at 35 and whose pregnant
mistress leapt to her death two days later.

His work is represented in collections of major museums and
commands huge sums at auction. Last June, a limestone sculpture of
a woman's head brought $52.6 million at Christie's Paris; in
November, a painting of a female nude was sold for $68.9 million at
Sotheby's New York.

But Modigliani gets little, if any, attention in art survey books
and encyclopedias...

Continued: http://sn.im/Modigliani

[Melanie Sands]

Post by Dave U. Random
LA Times
"Modigliani - A Life" by Meryle Secrest (Amazon:http://xrl.us/Modigliani)
Amedeo Modigliani occupies a paradoxical place in art history. The
Italian painter and sculptor who rose to fame in early 20th century
Paris is both revered and disdained for his trademark style and
wildly romanticized life story.
As an artist, Modigliani is known as a portraitist who elongated
noses and necks, rounded shoulders and turned eyes into almond
shapes. As a personality, he has been mythologized as a tragic
figure who died of tubercular meningitis at 35 and whose pregnant
mistress leapt to her death two days later.
His work is represented in collections of major museums and
commands huge sums at auction. Last June, a limestone sculpture of
a woman's head brought $52.6 million at Christie's Paris; in
November, a painting of a female nude was sold for $68.9 million at
Sotheby's New York.
But Modigliani gets little, if any, attention in art survey books
and encyclopedias...
Continued:http://sn.im/Modigliani

I saw the film with that American actor I always get mixed up with
Al Pacino - anyway, it was a good film. Yes, it is true that
Modigliani
is hard to find in art books - but even harder to find is information
on painter Henri LeBasque - who had lots of famous painter friends
and painted lovely (impressionist) pictures - there are quite a
few on the internet but one looks in vain in art books.

Melanie