Modigliani

American

[moh-dee-lee-ah-nee, moh-deel-yah-, maw-dee-lyah-nee] / moʊˌdi liˈɑ ni, ˌmoʊ dilˈyɑ-, ˌmɔ diˈlyɑ ni /

noun

Amedeo 1884–1920, Italian painter and sculptor in France.

Modigliani British

/ modiʎˈʎaːni /

noun

Amedeo (ameˈdɛːo). 1884–1920, Italian painter and sculptor, noted esp for the elongated forms of his portraits

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Though his friend and fellow artist Amedeo Modigliani championed his genius, Soutine—who hated to be indebted to anyone—returned the favor after Modigliani’s death by speaking of him “only with hatred,” as one observer put it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Five works by Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Modigliani and Leger, with an estimated combined value of more than €100 million, disappeared from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris on May 20, 2010.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

Her long, Modigliani face has softened over time, more beautiful than in pictures.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

The statement said authorities were tipped off in 2023 after they seized about 200 fake pieces from the collection of a businessman in Pisa, including a copy of a drawing by Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024

Modigliani owed something to C�zanne and a great deal to Picasso: he was no doctrinaire: towards the end he became the slave of a formula of his own devising—but that is another matter.

From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive

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