Amedeo Modigliani, Reclining Nude on White Pillow, 1917Oil on canvas, 60 x 92cm
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Modigliani's first and only solo exhibition was in 1917 at the Berthe Weill gallery in Paris. Most of the paintings exhibited there were nudes. The police of a city accustomed to considerably more erotic images declared the nudes a public nuisance and closed the exhibition.
(Masterpieces of Western Art by Ingo F. Walther, Robert Suckale, Taschen, 2002)
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External links: Amedeo Modigliani (Wikipedia)
12 comments:
One of my favorite artists. I would love to see his work in person.
Modi was just such an artist who made our boys being in exciting in school days' art class...Thanks VP! You could remind me such good old days.
Thank you VP. Great post!
He looks like a precursor to the early Picasso, doesn't he?
Such paintings were declared "a public nuisance"?? Oi. Times have changed.
Happy birthday to Amedeo.
Are you going to the exhibition at the Pinacothèque ? I think it's still on...
Dina - I guess the nuisance were the guys 'looking' at the paintings in the windows of the gallery.
ciel - May be, if the police doesn't shut it down...
I love his art! :)
Léia
ah, what a beautiful way to start the day. thanks, vp.
Nice and interesting posting.
Enjoy the exhibition!!
LOL to your comment!
Great info! I didn't know about this.
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