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Modigliani

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Modigliani
Amedeo . 1884--1920, Italian painter and sculptor, noted esp for the elongated forms of his portraits


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This element of abstraction in African art (often seen in traditional masks or wood, ivory, stone, and other carvings), as well as reliance on bold dramatic color, was extremely influential in the development of modem art, inspiring such masters as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Amadeo Modigliani (4).
His life of Modigliani will be published next spring by Harcourt.
THE ITALIAN artist Amedeo Modigliani lived hard, behaved terribly, played head games with Picasso, never made any money and had tuberculosis.
 
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