Jeanne Modigliani
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Jeanne Modigliani was the biographer of her father, artist Amedeo Modigliani
, writing the 1958 book Modigliani, man and myth, later translated into English from the Italian by Esther Rowland Clifford.
Her father, Amedeo Modigliani
was an Italian artist who worked mainly in France. Primarily a figurative artist, he became known for paintings and sculptures in a modern style characterized by mask-like faces and elongation of form. He died in Paris of tubercular meningitis, exacerbated by poverty, overwork, and addiction to alcohol and narcotics.
Her mother, Jeanne Hébuterne
, was a French artist, best known as the frequent subject and common-law wife of the artist Amedeo Modigliani.
After her father's death and her mother's suicide a day later, she stayed with her grandparents until a later date when her aunt Florence Modigliani took her and raised her.
Amedeo Modigliani
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. Primarily a figurative artist, he became known for paintings and sculptures in a modern style characterized by mask-like faces and elongation of form...
, writing the 1958 book Modigliani, man and myth, later translated into English from the Italian by Esther Rowland Clifford.
Her father, Amedeo Modigliani
Amedeo Modigliani
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. Primarily a figurative artist, he became known for paintings and sculptures in a modern style characterized by mask-like faces and elongation of form...
was an Italian artist who worked mainly in France. Primarily a figurative artist, he became known for paintings and sculptures in a modern style characterized by mask-like faces and elongation of form. He died in Paris of tubercular meningitis, exacerbated by poverty, overwork, and addiction to alcohol and narcotics.
Her mother, Jeanne Hébuterne
Jeanne Hébuterne
Jeanne Hébuterne was a French artist, best known as the frequent subject and common-law wife of the artist Amedeo Modigliani.- Early life :...
, was a French artist, best known as the frequent subject and common-law wife of the artist Amedeo Modigliani.
After her father's death and her mother's suicide a day later, she stayed with her grandparents until a later date when her aunt Florence Modigliani took her and raised her.