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The Walter-Guillaume collection and Claude Monet's Water lilies - Musée de l'Orangerie

A presentation of the collections of paintings that were ceded to the State by Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume. Preserved in the Musée de l'Orangerie, they are home to nearly 150 paintings, including major works by ...
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Number of pages :: 142
Dimensions :: 21 × 26,5 × 1,1 cm
Artists :: Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

Number of illustrations :: 100
Museum :: Musée de l’Orangerie
Art movement :: Impressionism
French
EAN :: 9782359881868
Size of the book :: Paperback with flap
Reference :: MX623147
English
EAN :: 9782359881875
Size of the book :: Paperback with flap
Reference :: MX623148

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Publication :: Août 2017

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Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)

Amedeo Modigliani was the painter of women he revolutionised female iconography, his elongated figures with absent eyes borrowed from Mannerist and lyrical aesthetics. Born in Italy, he arrived in Paris in 1906 and entered the circles of the bohemian Montmartre. It was with sculpture that he began his career, just like his friend Brancusi, Modigliani's sculptures were inspired by African art. He later abandoned this technique for health and economic reasons. Modigliani lived in poverty, he was a prolific painter but he sold little despite the protection and patronage of the art dealer Paul Guillaume. His career was dazzling, deteriorating in alcohol, volcanic liaisons and suffering from his misfortune, the artist died at the age of 35 from tuberculosis.

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Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)