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In 1917 he was introduced to the beautiful Jeanne Hébuterne. She was rejected by her family for her relationship with Modigliani. They swiftly moved in together. Jeanne Hébuterne (1917-8), Jeanne Hébuterne (1917), Chaim Soutine (1917) & Jeanne Hébuterne (1917)
He became close with Utrillo & the superb Soutine. He also was a famed womaniser & given to stripping in social gatherings! Nude (c1915), Lucienne (1916-7), Marguerite Seated (1916) & Max Jacob (c1916)
Modigliani, chronically unwell with TB, turned to alcohol & drugs to address his fear & pain (1914 on). He decided to shed himself of his old work & destroyed it. He reinvented himself. Diego Rivera (1914), Head of a Red Haired Woman(1915), Little Louise (1915) & Poet (1915)
Modigliani moved to Paris (1906). There he became close to Jacob Epstein. He was a noted dandy, admiring Picasso’s mind & not his wardrobe! Woman with Hat (1907), Nude with Hat (1907-8), Woman (1907) & Maud Abrantes (1907)
Medieval Angel (2021) https://t.co/A18N7S2QDy
Boy with Flowers (2020) https://t.co/LPT2IpD8Oe
Cottage in a Landscape (c1871), the Gust of Wind (1871-3), the Peasant Family (1871-2) & Haystacks, Autumn (1874). In the latter, the Stacks assume a monumental status signifying his belief in the majesty of the farming life.
Millet was considering the idealised nudes of the academic painters & sought to create an honest version. The Goose Girl (c1863), A Winnower (1866-8), the Reaper (c1866-8) & Path with Chestnut Trees nr Cusset (c1867)
Millet painted the The Gleaners (1857). He wanted to paint the quiet dignity of the peasant & imbue that with religious meaning. The Infant (1858) & Woman Grazing her Cow (1858) & Paysans Chargeant du Blé dans un Charrette (1854-8)
In 1849 he settled in Barbizon, a rural village in Île de France. He also painted Harvesters. Barbizon would lead him to adopt a more naturalistic less idealised image of rural life. The Winnower (c1848), Feeding the Young (1850) & the Gleaners (1850)
In 1840, he had a portrait accepted by the Salon. Between 1841-5 he lived in Cherbourg, Paris & Le Harve. In Paris he wd meet Troyon, Charles Jacques & Daumier. In 1847 he gained success with Oedipus & Winnower (1848) & Peasant with Wheelbarrow (c1848).