PortraitOfThoraKlinckowstrom_TheMET (7)
Detail from: ‘Portrait of Thora Klinckowstrom’ 1919 Amedeo Modigliani. Italian, 1884-1920
Oil on canvas
The heirs of Evelyn Sharp
L.2008.55
In 1919 then twenty-year-old Swedish artist Thora Klinckowstrom (1899-1995) went to Paris to study sculpture. That year, she met Modigliani at the Café de la Rotonde. Modigilani’s portrait of her is made up of a series of ovoid forms arranged in a fluid curve. The elongated neck highlights the model’s elegant femininity. During the last years of his life, Modigliani painted many such attenuated portraits, which refine the essence of the sitter.
From the placard: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
PortraitOfThoraKlinckowstrom_TheMET (7)
Detail from: ‘Portrait of Thora Klinckowstrom’ 1919 Amedeo Modigliani. Italian, 1884-1920
Oil on canvas
The heirs of Evelyn Sharp
L.2008.55
In 1919 then twenty-year-old Swedish artist Thora Klinckowstrom (1899-1995) went to Paris to study sculpture. That year, she met Modigliani at the Café de la Rotonde. Modigilani’s portrait of her is made up of a series of ovoid forms arranged in a fluid curve. The elongated neck highlights the model’s elegant femininity. During the last years of his life, Modigliani painted many such attenuated portraits, which refine the essence of the sitter.
From the placard: Metropolitan Museum of Art.