Amedeo Modigliani Biography and Artwork

Amedeo Modigliani was a prominent Italian painter and sculptor born on July 12, 1884, in Livorno, Italy. He developed a unique modern style, known for his surreal elongation of faces, necks, and figures. This distinct style was influenced by his strong Jewish heritage inherited from his family.

Modigliani pursued art with encouragement from others and went on to study in Florence and Venice. Despite not being celebrated during his lifetime for his work, he achieved great acclaim after his death for his contributions to the art world.

Throughout his life, Modigliani suffered from various illnesses that impacted both his personal life and artistic career; however, this did not stop him from working towards achieving greatness. His daughter Jeanne Modigliani continued her father’s legacy as a historian of Jewish art and wrote a biography on him.

Amedeo Modigliani passed away on January 24th, 1920 in Paris at the young age of thirty-five. Despite the brevity of Modigliani’s time on earth as an artist and individual alike, he left behind lasting impressions through thought-provoking pieces that continue to garner appreciation to date.

All Amedeo Modigliani Artwork on Artchive

Artwork Name Year Medium
Seated female nude 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated Jeanne Hebuterne 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated nude 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated nude 1908; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated nude 1909; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated Nude 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated nude 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of a Polish Woman 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of a Woman c.1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of a Woman c.1910; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of a Woman 1907; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of a Woman 1915; Paris, France oil,cardboard
Portrait of a Woman 1919; Paris, France oil,cardboard
Portrait of a Woman in a Black Tie 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of a Woman with a White Collar 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated Algerian Almaiisa 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated Boy with Cap 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Elena Picard 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Elvira with a white collar 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Fat Child 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Female nude c.1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Flower vendor 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Frans Hellens 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Germaine Survage with Earrings 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Girl in a Green Blouse 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Anna Zborowska 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Anna Zborowska 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Dark Young Woman Seated by a Bed 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Doctor Devaraigne 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Girl in a Sailor's Blouse 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Girl in Blue 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Girl in the shirt (Red-haired girl) 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Girl with a polka-dot blouse 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Girl with Pigtails 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Gypsy Woman with a Baby 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Hanka Zborowska 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Head 1911 - 1912; Paris, France limestone
Head of a Girl c.1918; Paris, France
Head of a Woman 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of a Young Girl 1910; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of a Young Girl (Louise) 1915; Paris, France oil,cardboard
Portrait of a Young Woman c.1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of a Young Woman c.1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of a Young Woman 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Beatrice Hastings c.1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Beatrice Hastings 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Beatrice Hastings 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Beatrice Hastings 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated nude with a Shirt 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated nude with Necklace 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated Woman 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated woman weared in blue blouse 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated Woman with Child (Motherhood) 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated Young Woman c.1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Seated Young Woman 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Self Portrait 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Servant Girl c.1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Serving Woman (also known as La Fantesca) 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Head of a Woman with a Hat 1907; Paris, France watercolor,paper
Head of a Young Girl 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Head of a Young Woman 1908; Paris, France oil,canvas
Head of Red-haired Woman 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Jean Alexandre 1909; Paris, France oil,canvas
Jeanne 1920; Paris, France
Jeanne Hebuterne 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Jeanne Hebuterne 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Jeanne Hebuterne 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Blaise Cendrars 1917; Paris, France oil,cardboard
Portrait of Celso Lagar 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Chaim Soutine 1915; Paris, France oil,panel
Portrait of Chaim Soutine 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Diego Rivera 1914; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Diego Rivera 1914; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Diego Rivera 1916; Paris, France oil,cardboard
Portrait of Doctor Devaraigne 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Elena Pavlowski 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Frank Burty Haviland 1914; Paris, France oil,cardboard
Sitting man on orange background 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Sleeping Nude with Arms Open (Red Nude) 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Standing Caryatid 1913; Paris, France oil,canvas
Standing Nude c.1911; Paris, France oil,cardboard
Standing nude (Elvira) 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Standing nude with Garden Background 1913; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Jeanne Herbuterne limestone
Study for The Cellist 1909; Paris, France oil,canvas
Study of a Head 1913; Paris, France oil,panel
Teresa 1915; Paris, France ink,paper
Jeanne Hebuterne 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Jeanne Hebuterne in a Hat c.1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Jeanne Hebuterne in a Yellow Jumper 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Jeanne Hebuterne in Red Shawl 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Jeanne Hebuterne (with a scarf) 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Jeanne Hebuterne with Hat and Necklace 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Jeanne Hebuterne with Necklace 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Joseph Levi 1910; Paris, France oil,canvas
Landscape c.1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Landscape, Southern France 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Frank Haviland Burty 1914; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of George Ortiz 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Henri Laurens 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Henri Laurens 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Jean Alexandre 1909; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Jean Cocteau 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Amazon 1909; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Artist's Wife 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Beautiful Confectioner 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
The beggar of Livorne 1909; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Black Dress 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Blue Blouse c.1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Boy c.1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Caretaker's Son 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Cellist 1909; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Jewish Woman 1908; Paris, France oil,canvas
A Blond Wearing Earrings c.1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Adrienne (Woman with Bangs) 1917; Paris, France
La ragazza col bavero alla marinara 1916
Large Seated nude 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Le grand nu (The Great Nude) 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Leon Indenbaum 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Leopold Zborowski 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Leopold Zborowski with a walking stick 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Little Girl in Black Apron 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Little girl in blue 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Little Louise 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Little Serving Woman 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne in a Blue Chair 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne in a large hat c.1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne with her Left Arm Behind her Head 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Juan Gris 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Leon Bakst 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Leopold Zborowski c.1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Leopold Zborowski c.1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Leopold Zborowski 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Little Peasant 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Man with the Monocle c.1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Mistress 1917; Paris, France oil,cardboard
The Pretty Housewife 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Pretty Vegetable Vendor 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Red Head c.1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Servant 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Servant Girl c.1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Singer from Nice c.1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Tuscan Road 1899; Paris, France oil,panel
A Head 1915; Paris, France oil,cardboard
Alice 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Almaisa 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Andre Rouveyre 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Anna Akhmatova 1911; Paris, France pencil,paper
Anna Akhmatova 1911; Paris, France pencil,paper
Anna (Hanka) Zabrowska 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Anna (Hanka) Zborowska 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Annie Bjarne 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Lolotte 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Lolotte (Head of a Woman in a Hat) c.1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Louise 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Lunia Czechovska 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Lunia Czechowska c.1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Lunia Czechowska 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Lunia Czechowska 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Lunia Czechowska with her left hand on her cheek 1918; Paris, France oil,panel
Lying nude 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Madame Dorival 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Leopold Zborowski 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Lunia Czechowska 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Lunia Czechowska in white blouse 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Madame Kisling c.1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Madame Rachele Osterlind 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Madame Reynouard 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Madame Survage 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Madame Zborowska 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Marevna 1919
Portrait of Margarita 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Typographer (Pedro) c.1909; Paris, France oil,canvas
The young apprentice c.1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
The Zouave 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Thora Klinckowstrom 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Tree and house 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Two girls 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Venus (Standing nude) 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Victoria 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Viking Eggeling 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman Seated by a Fireplace 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Antonia 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
A red bust 1913; Paris, France oil,panel
A suffering nude c.1909; Paris, France oil,canvas
A woman with velvet ribbon 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
A woman with white collar 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
A young girl 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
A young girl 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
A Young Girl with a Black Overall 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Bearded Man 1905; Italy ink,paper
Beatrice Hastings 1914; Paris, France oil,canvas
Madame Georges van Muyden 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Madame Othon Friesz, La Marseillaise 1915; Paris, France
Madame Pompadour 1914; Paris, France oil,canvas
Madame Zborowska with clasped hands c.1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Man's Head (Portrait of a Poet) c.1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Manuel Humberg Esteve 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Man with a Glass of Wine c.1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Man with a Pipe (The Notary of Nice) 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Marcelle 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Margarita seated 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Mario Varvogli c.1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Maude Abrantes 1907; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Moise Kisling c.1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Moise Kisling 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Moise Kisling 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Monsieur Lepoutre 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Morgan Russell 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Oscar Miestchanioff 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Pardy c.1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Paul Alexander c.1912; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman's Head 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman's Head 1915; Paris, France oil,cardboard
Woman's Head 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman's Head in Profile 1907; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman's Head (Rosalia) c.1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman's Head with Beauty Spot c.1906; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman Sitting in Blue Dress 1917 - 1919; France
Woman with a Fan (Lunia Czechowska) 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman with a Green Necklace (Madame Menier) 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman With a Necklace 1917; Paris, France
Beatrice Hastings 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Beatrice Hastings 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Beatrice Hastings Leaning on Her Elbow 1914; Paris, France oil,canvas
Beatrice Hastings, Seated 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Beggar Woman 1909; Paris, France oil,canvas
Big Red Buste (Leopold II) 1913; Paris, France oil,canvas
Blonde nude 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Boy in a Blue Shirt 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Boy in Shorts 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Bride and Groom (The Couple) c.1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Marie, daughter of the people 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Marios Varvoglis 1920; Paris, France pencil
Maurice Drouard 1909; Paris, France oil,canvas
Max Jacob c.1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Minoutcha c.1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Monsier Deleu 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Monsieur Lepoutre 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Nude pencil,paper
Nude 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Nude Bust 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Paul Alexander on green background 1909; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Paul Alexandre 1909; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Paul Guillaume 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Picasso 1915; Paris, France oil,cardboard
Portrait of Picasso 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Pinchus Kremenge 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of Raymond 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of the Brother of the Painter Micheli 1899; Italy
Portrait of the Mechanical 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of the painter Manuel Humbert 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman with a Red Necklace 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman with Blue Eyes 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman with earrings c.1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman with red hair 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman with Scottish Dress 1916; Paris, France
Woman with Velvet Ribbon (The Black Border) 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Woman with White Coat 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Pierre Edouard Baranowski 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Young Farmer c.1918; France oil
Young Girl in a Striped Shirt 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Burgundian Woman 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Bust of a Young Woman 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Bust of a Young Woman (Mademoiselle Marthe) 1916 - 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Bust of Manuel Humbert c.1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Bust of young girl 1908; Paris, France
Cafe Singer 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Caryatid c.1913; Paris, France pencil,paper,tempera
Caryatid c.1912; Paris, France pencil,paper
Caryatid 1911; Paris, France pastel,paper
Caryatid 1913; Paris, France pencil,watercolor,paper
Nude Looking over Her Right Shoulder 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Nude on a Blue Cushion 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Nude on sofa 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Nude on sofa (Almaisa) 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Nude seating on a sofa 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Nude with Coral Necklace 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Nude with Hat c.1907; Paris, France oil,canvas
Nude with Necklace 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Oscar Miestchaninoff 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Paulette Jourdain c.1919
Portrait of the Photographer Dilewski 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Raimondo 1915; Paris, France
Reclining nude c.1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Reclining nude 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Reclining nude 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Reclining nude 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Reclining nude with Arms Folded under Her Head 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Reclining nude with Blue Cushion 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Reclining nude with folded arms behind her head 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Reclining nude with head resting on right arm 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Young Girl in Beret 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Young Girl Seated 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Young Girl Wearing a Rose 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Young Girl with Blue Eyes c.1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Young Man (Student) 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Young Man with Cap 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Young servant girl c.1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Young woman c.1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Young Woman 1910; Paris, France oil,canvas
Young Woman in a Shirt (The Little Milkmaid) c.1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Caryatid c.1912; Paris, France oil,canvas
Caryatid c.1913; Paris, France pencil,paper,tempera
Chaim Soutine c.1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Chaim Soutine 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Chakoska 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Cheron 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Constant Leopold 1916; Paris, France oil,canvas
Count Weilhorski 1916; Paris, France
Cypress Trees and House 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Dancer ink,paper
Paul Guillaume 1915; Paris, France oil,cardboard
Paul Guillaume 1916; Paris, France oil,paper
Pierre Edouard Baranowski 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Pierre Reverdy c.1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Pierrot (Self Portrait as Pierrot) 1915; Paris, France oil,cardboard
Pink Blouse 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait de Paul Alexanders 1913; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of a Girl 1917
Portrait of a girl (Victoria) 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Portrait of a Man with Hat (Jose Pacheco ) c.1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Reclining nude with Left Arm Resting on Forehead 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Recumbent nude 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Red-haired young man 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Red-headed Girl in Evening Dress 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Redheaded woman wearing a pendant 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Redhead girl 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Roger Dutilleul 1919; Paris, France oil,canvas
Rosa Porprina 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Nude Caryatid 1913; Paris, France chalk,gouache,paper
Rose Caryatid (Audace) 1914
Young Woman in a Small Ruff 1915; Paris, France oil,canvas
Young Woman in a Yellow Dress (Madame Modot) 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
Young Woman in Blue 1919; France
Young Woman of the People 1918; Paris, France oil,canvas
A girl in yellow dress 1917; Paris, France oil,canvas
Reclining Nude from the Back (Nu couche de dos) 1917 Oil on Canvas
The Servant Girl (la Jeune Bonne) c. 1918 Oil On Canvas
Portrait Of Jeane Hebuterne Seated In Profile 1918 Oil On Canvas
Girl With A Polka-dot Blouse 1919 Oil On Canvas
Portrait Of Paul Guillaume 1916 Oil On Board Laid Down On Cradled Panel
Portrait Of Jeane Hebuterne, Left Arm Behind Head 1919 Oil On Canvas
Elena Pavlowski 1917 Oil On Canvas
Jeanne Hebuterne with White Collar 1919 Oil on Canvas
Juan Gris c. 1915 Oil on Canvas
Woman of Algiers 1917 Oil on Canvas
Portrait of Max Jacob 1916 Oil on Canvas
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