| The work of
Italian artist, Amedeo Modigliani
(1884-1920) has inspired and
influenced me for many years. In 1917, Modigliani met
Jeanne Hébutergne
and she became his lifetime
companion, lover, mother of his daughter Jeanne and model. In December of
that year, his first solo exhibition in Paris was closed down by the
authorities because of “the scandalous nature of the nudes”.
When Jeanne
was pregnant with their second child in 1920, Amedeo died in Paris, aged
just 36. On the following day, she took her own life. This painting is
based on a Modigliani sketch of Jeanne Hébutergne which the artist
never painted. |
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