Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. More than a century after the death of Amedeo Modigliani, a consortium of art historians ...

Amedeo Modigliani — his first name means “beloved of God” — became known soon after his death as le maudit — the cursed one. An Italian painter who lived in Paris just before and after World War I, ...

Late in 1919, in a squalid Paris studio strewn with wine bottles, Amedeo Modigliani painted a wistful portrait of his 21-year-old lover, Jeanne Hébuterne. Afew months later, on January 24, 1920, the ...

In 2018 an oil painting of a nude by the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani broke a world record when it sold at Sotheby’s for US$157.2 million (£115.2m). It was created in 1917, at a time when ...

Even in a crowded gallery room, it’s easy to spot the work of Amedeo Modigliani — the mysteriously elongated lines; the hauntingly stylized faces that characterize so many of his paintings and ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Research material on Amedeo Modigliani, circa 1920-1962, measures 2.1 linear feet and was compiled by art critic Alberto G. d'Atri for his ...