# Amedeo Modigliani

Italian, 1884–1920

Modigliani trained in Italy before moving to Paris in 1906, where he lived the precarious life of Montmartre and Montparnasse. Influenced by Cézanne, by African and ancient sculpture, and by his own work as a sculptor with Brâncuși’s encouragement, he developed a distinctive manner of elongated faces, almond eyes and long necks. His portraits of friends and fellow artists, among them Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz, and his reclining nudes date mainly from his last five years. He died of tuberculous meningitis at thirty-five.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

4 works in the collection.

- [Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/jacques-and-berthe-lipchitz-aic-27987), Amedeo Modigliani, 1916. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Girl in a Green Blouse](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/girl-in-a-green-blouse-nga-46520), Amedeo Modigliani, 1917. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Monsieur Deleu](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/monsieur-deleu-nga-46551), Amedeo Modigliani, 1916. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Nude on a Divan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nude-on-a-divan-nga-46552), Amedeo Modigliani, 1918. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.