Thursday, July 12, 2012

Happy Birthday Modì

Let us take inspiration from our stay in Paris to celebrate today the 128th anniversary of the birth of the painter Amedeo Modigliani (Livorno, 12 July 1884 – Paris, 24 January 1920).Reclining Nude on White Pillow by Amedeo Modigliani, Staatsgalerie StuttgartAmedeo Modigliani, Reclining Nude on White Pillow, 1917
Oil 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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12 comments:

  1. RandyJuly 12, 2012 at 2:52 AM

    One of my favorite artists. I would love to see his work in person.

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  2. Nori KatayamaJuly 12, 2012 at 3:00 AM

    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.

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  3. Luis GomezJuly 12, 2012 at 3:18 AM

    Thank you VP. Great post!

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  4. JackJuly 12, 2012 at 4:19 AM

    He looks like a precursor to the early Picasso, doesn't he?

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  5. DinaJuly 12, 2012 at 8:21 AM

    Such paintings were declared "a public nuisance"?? Oi. Times have changed.

    Happy birthday to Amedeo.

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  6. cieldequimperJuly 12, 2012 at 8:27 AM

    Are you going to the exhibition at the Pinacothèque ? I think it's still on...

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  7. VPJuly 12, 2012 at 9:10 AM

    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...

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  8. Cezar and LéiaJuly 12, 2012 at 11:51 AM

    I love his art! :)
    Léia

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  9. brattcatJuly 12, 2012 at 12:37 PM

    ah, what a beautiful way to start the day. thanks, vp.

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  10. GunnJuly 12, 2012 at 10:52 PM

    Nice and interesting posting.
    Enjoy the exhibition!!

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  11. DinaJuly 13, 2012 at 10:19 AM

    LOL to your comment!

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  12. UnknownJuly 14, 2012 at 4:16 PM

    Great info! I didn't know about this.

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