Modigliani: Colour Library

Hall, Douglas

ISBN 10: 0714827584 / ISBN 13: 9780714827582

Published by Phaidon Press, 1998

Seller Inventory # 0714827584-3-33609382

Synopsis:

Amadeo Modigliani (1884-1920) was one of the many and diverse talents who were drawn to Paris in the early years of this century, making the city a vibrant but pressurized environment for artistic expression. A legend grew up around Modigliani, who, along with others, engendered the concept of the peintre maudit – the accursed painter – whose poverty, corruption and excess were the very seeds from which his remarkable works of art were conceived.

Unlike the Italian Futurists, who stormed at their own overwhelming tradition, Modigliani seemed to sense the possibility of returning to it for renewal. His interpretation of a central theme of the tradition, the reclining female nude, produced a series of uniquely beautiful works, outstanding in the grace and harmony of their linear designs and the quality of their colour. Nude, portraits and studies of a surprising range of personalities and psychological types are represented in this ideal introduction to the artist, as is a selection of his remarkable stone carvings, of which about 25 survive.

About the Author:

Douglas Hall was formerly Keeper of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Modigliani: Colour Library
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good
Edition: 2nd Edition