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AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
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The Poetry of Seeing
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Contents
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Fruitful Ideas
24
Columns of Tenderness
40
He was Our Aristocrat
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‘The Second Temple of Beauty
4
Nothing But a Mute Affirmation of Life
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Life and Work
Fruitful Ideas
Perhaps itis tbe name. Amedeo Meighan i sounds ite an lei
‘melodie a well chosen ae for ata, poetic gure na novel. and
Pesaps ilo associ to do with he fat hat Median, who has
‘Shere fied he imagination, was ota figure who called forth fata and
Sober decriion. And hie cna sounding ame nt even a pew
‘deo Mogan isthe mame ofthe eis who was bon on ey 2,
1s, in Livorno (Leghorn) aly a bourne Jew aly spor
trait and nes wert Become some ofthe mst poplar pictus ote
‘weneth century. No he pune of mover times has Bee s Revi
‘orden with t many legen mths an cliches as Amedeo Moin
Novels anda play have een writen about hin, his Babeian hese Bas
teen excsively ead in ims anda etic sao fll of gyn
recat In contrast al of his ithe very sul umber of authenticated
‘be tre Mavigins peal Use Fiction ke features Eatied with
‘he mame of Median ae all nner of eas about he Boerne a
Pars he atl poverty ofthe ait and i ran passions. Modan
‘he protrype ofthe ait wh execs is werk nthe dap) soi of
Montmarve and Monfrnanse, mia by alcoho ass xe an
cy: who, around he me of Woe War ves nthe rst eat of
Pars andthe same time stand slated o he rings of the ble epg
‘wh, in the capital ity ote European avant-garde, sarounded by Pablo
Pres (L881-197), Oarpes Braque (1882 1963), Hens Matine
(1869-1984) and Constantin Branca (1876-1957), never somo waver
‘npursuing his own path who expenences ie oe no sucess and 50 pot
‘tare can nly jot paysite legendary Bare at he ction of he
Menparase td Rasp boulevards wih quickly seid por of he
Salemaciatd athe end of wife mich has bon entirely devel at To
phon the age of iif even mre cm the day after i death, his
[eemant young face, lanane Hetere, ump om her parent ith
oor la leaving tind their sll dag a orphan
“The few biographical details hat dd exis were west embellish
‘ment techy tecoming an aris ography par excellence. The ceation of
the Madigan egend began immesiasyafer i early death 1920. The
in perpetrator in tha were tone wo a oon i the Bev te
fiend and colleagues in Pais who oen wet thi impressions of his
Proud, stubborn alan op coc with ie fami itor ding
is yeas Pars fom 19061 1920 wee rate lapse, they would lo ply
{hocimsastntal aeinthepostuinous raion of the Moin myth
Totegin with there was Amote’s mother, Eugenia Modan a French
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lady who must have een remakably emancipated for er ge She came
from the upperlasJeweh Garin fami im Marcille and Reeve tht
‘he was decened rom the famous plop Spinora, When Euzeis
‘mare Famine Modis te son of one of her aber Kalan business
partners in 172 and moved to Liver she ha entered fry whose
Festtimes wee jst over Inthe mile ofthe 880s, when Arden, tie
far and youngest ld, wan bon ap cco mp i aly cased the
fay usin im wood and col ogo tank. Eugenia courted othe
family income with wasltions of D' Annunsi's poetry, book eviews pub
lished unr pcidony and priate ews Her open mina nlc
tual teres odo pene! te wel flere and at © Mod
fnternts were fied and writes ofthe support at se gave him. Etats
ffom he dares were published afer Mesigan’s death Teall began witha
tad case of pews, which confine the eleen year-old Dodo she was
recovered rom he ele gh that st gave me Eugenia rece ad
{ner concer foc her youngest ch, shea: "The chil’ chracter sill
0 unformed tha cannot say what ink oft He behaves ike a spied
fest, at he doesnot ak inttgence. We will have wat sce wht is
Ie nid: Pere an ai”
He dined become an rit but a amily lore ha ita seco
decisive factor ws asd im rer for his oBappen. Once again ail
tess tha served a salt for Moighan's career When be wa outa
he cavgt pho fever =the ine sill aaa disease ~ and, according
‘ie mth, is ei ter son reveled his det dese to become an
7st He a fantasies ofthe masterpieces in Ial's museums and churches
‘when as iby a miracle, he ead his health he was permite
Tene schol and enol the at scademy in Livorno, One ay Joo he
Seanne Modan, doesn er graphy Madigan. Man and My
severhless, ths sir) falls an pant fonction. Mapped ut in Modi
li’ cildood wer al ofthe tragic ph and Tos ht woul eter
‘ove and twas this which allowed his family to elimi his conven
Selif. The pn snd tallucnaton of lps oncly hep the
Youre Modigan recognise his goal nie, and hep ws understand his
Iter ite. The “spoiled rat” betes dandy abd "he a real Baber
‘Te small cy boy in Livro hemes te great. sflering ast
thon of te work
"When Modigliani gan his at studs tthe ae offouncen, he was
te youngest in ica. The smallacaemy in ivoro wa headed by
{Gogh Michel (1486-1926) aden of Govan Fao (1825-1908,
‘the most famous representative ofthe group of lain Inressonsts known
{Bb Macchi ike he French ait the) mele hems on
"Cia Monet (1840-1926, August Renoir (1881-1919), Cale Psa
(1530-1903) and Aled Sistey (1839-1899) = he Machi ao sought
1 addon wo the ining he received in Guglicno Michel's clas,
Modilan’ als atendd ie-rawing class Gio Roms tai in
Livoro: In uly 1900 Modighon celerated is sient irday. Once
stun, however he fl seriou To elp bring aout amore speedy
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Description:The controversial darling and target of the popular press: Scandalous Amedeo ModiglianiTo contemporaries, Amedeo Modigliani was the very definition of Parisian Bohemia, the controversial darling and target of the popular press and the model on which many a novel, play and film was based. As an artis
