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This is an exclusive to La Bella Vita in Northern OH. Modigliani is fabulous dinnerware and serving pieces from Rome. We are expanding to their flatware. You can feel how the hands shaped each piece.
The sitter for this painting was a young working class woman from Montparnasse, the neighbor of Modigliani’s Parisian studio. Following principles of pictorial construction pioneered by Cézanne and Picasso, Modigliani manipulated and distorted her form and spacial relationships. Framed within a modest interior, Elvira faces the viewer, leaning on a sharply sloping table seen from above.
The artist’s signature device of leaving the sitter’s eyes blank denies the viewer access to the woman’s inner self and emphasizes formal concerns. The viewer focuses on the continual line that defines the woman’s face, and the contrast between her austere black dress and the actively brushed pale blue background.
As well as sitting for Modigliani, Picasso owned several works by him, including Girl with Brown Hair, dating from 1918. The Picasso portrait by Modigliani was owned by Picasso in the 1930s
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I googled Amadeus and thought it might be fun to try to "do" him in his own style (like I know how to emulate his 'style").
Portrait of “Lola de Valence” by the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920).
(I like how it reads “LOL” on the board behind her profile!)
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and figures that were not received well during his lifetime, but later became much sought-after. Modigliani spent his youth in Italy, where he studied the art of antiquity and the Renaissance. In 1906, he moved to Paris, where he came into contact with such artists as Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brâncuși. By 1912, Modigliani was exhibiting highly stylized sculptures with Cubists of the Section d'Or group at the Salon d'Automne.
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Notable works by Modigliani: Portrait of Chaïm Soutine 1916, Nu Couché au coussin Bleu 1916, Reclining Nude 1917