Modigliani. A painter and his dealer

Modigliani. A painter and his dealer

September 20, 2023 January 15, 2024 Exhibition has ended
When he arrived in Paris in 1906, Modigliani, a Jewish artist of Italian origin, was a painter. His meeting in 1909 with Constantin Brancusi, a sculptor of Romanian origin, acted as a revelation: he took up sculpture, to which he devoted himself almost exclusively until 1914. His break with this discipline was as sudden as it was total: from 1914 to his death in 1920, he returned to painting and produced numerous paintings devoted mainly to solitary human figures. The discipline of painting was central ...
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Modigliani A Painter and His Art Dealer - Exhibition catalogue

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When Amedeo Modigliani met gallery owner Paul Guillaume in 1914, in cosmopolitan Paris, the artist was at a turning point in his career: he abandoned sculpture to devote himself exclusively to painting.
Guillaume bought, sold, and collected more than a hundred and fifty of his works. This volume explores the relationship between the painter and his art dealer in the artistic and literary context of Paris in the 1910s. It highlights their shared love of African art as well as the decisive role played by Guillaume in promoting Modigliani's work on the French and United States art markets following the artist's death.

Exhibition " Amedeo Modigliani. A painter and his dealer" from September 20th, 2023 to January 15th, 2024
at the musée de l'Orangerie.

French language
168 pages

Flammarion / Musée de l'Orangerie
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