Art of the Day
Amedeo Modigliani
(b Livorno, 1884 d Paris, 1920)
Nude, 1916
Oil on Canvas, 92.1 x 60 cm.
Courtauld Institute Galleries, London
Modigliani was influenced by Cubism, African sculpture and the works of Paul Cezanne. Both a painter and a sculptor, he packed a lot of life into the 35 years he had, before dying of tuberculosis.