Despite this, during this time he produced most of the paintings that later became his most popular and valued works. My school performance in the early years was good though not outstanding. Modigliani's connection with the movement was through Guglielmo Micheli, his first art teacher. Modigliani managed to sell a few pictures, but only for a few francs each. Modigliani was born in Livorno, Italy in 1884 to an Italian Jewish family. Considered in the context of Modiglianis critical response at the timewhich repeatedly stressed the anti-naturalism of his canvasesMinnie Pinnikin helps to suggest that Modigliani was developing a proto-Surrealist art form. He died on 24 January 1920, at the Hpital de la Charit. Jeanne Modigliani, died Friday afternoon 7.9.1984 in Paris at La Piti Hospital, where she was hospitalized after a fall that had caused a brain haemorrhage. During that time they had a busy social life with many friends, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Giorgio de Chirico and Andr Derain. While not as culturally sophisticated as the Garsins, they knew how to invest in and develop thriving business endeavors. [31], When the British painter Nina Hamnett arrived in Montparnasse in 1914, on her first evening there the smiling man at the next table in the caf introduced himself as "Modigliani, painter and Jew". This is done via a series called Mod1. He paid Modigliani a day rate of between 15 and 20 francs, supplied models and materials, and allowed him to use his apartment as a studio. In these poignant portraits, Modigliani gives children a monumentality, a grandeur, a nobility never before seen. This localized landscape movement reacted against the bourgeois stylings of the academic genre painters. Modigliani meets Jeanne in an art class. In that moment, I used up Modigliani's value for my life. [25] He died in Paris, aged 35. Hbuterne was buried at the Cimetire de Bagneux near Paris, and it was not until 1930 that her embittered family allowed her body to be moved to rest beside Modigliani. He was unclassifiable, stubbornly insisting on his difference. His maternal great-great-grandfather, Solomon Garsin, had immigrated to Livorno in the 18th century as a refugee. Modigliani had little success while alive, but after his death achieved great popularity. Titled "Modi," the film isn't a biopic but will focus on a few days in 1916 and has the potential to bring the Jewish . Probably her most lasting Heritage was the Biography of her father that she wrote in 1958 the product of intensive research when she finally discovered who her real father was! Modigliani was born into a Jewish family in Livorno, Italy. Annie presents her with Jeanne's diaries, through which we learn about her intense relationship with Modigliani, her family's disapproval of this relationship, Modigliani's affairs with his models, his philandering ways, the birth of their daughter, her second pregnancy and Modigliani's death. 1. I am the prey of great powers that surge forth and then disintegrate A bourgeois told me todayinsulted methat I or at least my brain was lazy. From the time of his arrival in Paris, Modigliani consciously crafted a charade persona for himself and cultivated his reputation as a hopeless drunk and voracious drug user. Jeanne Modigliani was an Italian-French Jewish art historian mostly known for her biographical research on her father, artist Amedeo Modigliani. The map below shows the places where the ancestors of the famous person lived. Modigliani also closely associated with a large group of renowned writers, of whom he created many portraits. Overview: 25 paintings, 26 drawings, and 2 sculptures by Amedeo Modigliani from the National Gallery's Chester Dale collection and from private collections were assembled by Eliza Rathbone, with the assistance of Laura Coyle of the department of 20th-century art.The exhibition marked the 100th anniversary of Modigliani's birth in 1884. He transformed himself from a dapper academician artist into a sort of prince of vagabonds. Ms.Thirioux died several years later of tuberculosis, soon after Modigliani. Donations in Modigliani's memory may be made to the American Friends Service Committee, 1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102. This series of nudes was commissioned by Modigliani's dealer and friend Lopold Zborowski, who lent the artist use of his apartment, supplied models and painting materials, and paid him between fifteen and twenty francs each day for his work. In May 1946, Jeanne gave birth to their daughter, Anne. The couple have a child, and Jeanne's bigoted father sends the baby to a faraway convent to be raised by nuns. His family was Jewish. "[58], Twenty-seven sculptures by Modigliani are known to exist. This they succeeded in doing so well she claimed to remember nothing of her former life. Many of the modern surnames in the dictionary can be traced back to Britain and Ireland. In addition, both artists reduced their figures to essential elements. She stayed with him for almost two years, was the subject of several of his portraits, including Madame Pompadour, and the object of much of his drunken wrath. She died in 1984. Ghiglia was seven years Modigliani's senior, and it is likely that it was he who showed the young man the limits of his horizons in Livorno. Amedeo Modigliani Motherhood (1916) Amedeo Modigliani Adam (1916) Amedeo Modigliani The Family (1916) Amedeo Modigliani Paul Guillaume 1916 Amedeo Modigliani Young Man Seated 1916 Show more results Exhibitions 513: The New Spirit in Paris Ongoing Collection gallery MoMA Flix Fnon: The Anarchist and the Avant- GardeFrom Signac to Matisse 2. [30] Women came and went until Beatrice Hastings entered his life. Receive the best from Sothebys delivered to your inbox. As Livorno's local museum housed only a sparse few paintings by the Italian Renaissance masters, the tales he had heard about the great works held in Florence intrigued him, and it was a source of considerable despair to him, in his sickened state, that he might never get the chance to view them in person. Sign. Edition: Unique, original work of art. From a conservative bourgeois background, Hbuterne was renounced by her devout Roman Catholic family for her liaison with Modigliani, whom they saw as little more than a debauched derelict. In 1906, he moved to Paris, where he came into contact with such artists as Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brncui. Eventually he developed his own unique style, one that cannot be adequately categorized with those of other artists. By age 16 he contracted tuberculosis, which would ultimately be his cause of death. Modigliani painted Soutines portrait several times, when they lived together in the Cit Falguire around 1916. Shortly before his birth, the family businesses had fallen onto hard times, forcing the Modiglianis to declare bankruptcy. Worse he was 14 years her senior and living La Boheme the life of a penniless artist inLe Bateau-Lavoir, a bohemiancommune in theMontmartredistrict of Paris. Show more Ratings Friends & Following Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book! His father was born in Rome. He was an artist putting down paint on canvas creating works not to shock and outrage, but to say, This is what I see., More appreciated over the years by collectors than academicians and critics, Modigliani was indifferent to staking a claim for himself in the intellectual avant-garde of the art world. His favourite text was the Les Chants de Maldoror by the Comte de Lautramont (Isidore-Lucien Ducasse) which he carried everywhere in . Its screenwriters, Jerzy and Mary Kromolowski, recently saw "Modigliani Up Close" and revisited the collection, with its many Modiglianis and works by the artist's friends like Chaim Soutine and Maurice Utrillo. His escalating intake of drugs and alcohol may have been a means by which Modigliani masked his tuberculosis from his acquaintances, few of whom knew of his condition. He was constantly sketching, making as many as a hundred drawings a day. High quality Modigliani inspired Art Prints by independent artists and designers from around the world. Milanese scholar Osvaldo Patani produced three volumes: paintings (1991), drawings (1992) and one on the Paul Alexandre period (1994), while Christian Parisot has published Volumes I, II and IV (in 1970, 1971 and 1996) of a catalogue raisonn. [48], The Modigliani Project, headed by Dr. Kenneth Wayne, was founded in 2012 to aid in the researching of Modigliani artworks. Modigliani: Directed by Mick Davis. [34], The Paris show of 1917 was Modigliani's only solo exhibition during his life, and is "notorious" in modern art history for its sensational public reception and the attendant issues of obscenity. In the spring of 1917, the Russian sculptor Chana Orloff introduced him to a 19-year-old art student named Jeanne Hbuterne[39] who had posed for Tsuguharu Foujita. But today, works by Amedeo Modigliania native of Livorno, Italy who died in his studio in 1920 at just 35 years of agenumber among the most expensive, with individual paintings fetching nine-figure sums. These cookies do not store any personal information. Further research shoes that daughter Jeanne was legitimised on the basis of a letter from Modigliani confirming that he definitely intended to marry Jeanne Hebuterne. My father died as a consequence of an operation. Where are Amadeo and Jeanne s grandchildren now? Although her father painted some of his most sought-after work during that period, including the portraits he and Jeanne made of each other, he only made a small amount of money, so the family moved back to Paris where Modiglianis health continued to deteriorate and he had increasingly frequent alcohol-induced blackouts. However, many of his works were lostdestroyed by him as inferior, left behind in his frequent changes of address, or given to girlfriends who did not keep them.[25]. The work of Lautramont was equally influential at this time. [47], The French art historian Marc Restellini is preparing Modigliani's catalogue raisonn. Im going to the Tate Modern on Tuesday to see the exhibition as well as the reconstruction of Amedeos Studio from Rue de la Grande Chamiere.(?) Modigliani himself had been born into a family whose fortunes had oscillated between riches and poverty, so he was no stranger to living on the edge of ruin in fact, hisbirth coincided with the ultimate disastrous financial collapse of his fathers business interests. The youngest of four children, he was sickly almost from birth (pleurisy, then typhoid), but he had a passion for art . Amedeo Modigliani, Jeanne Hbuterne, 1919, private collection. Fattori himself would often visit the studio, and approved of the young artist's innovations.[13]. 21. Modigliani Name Meaning. The Modigliani film starring Andy Garcia shows his mother, Eugnie Garsin,going into labour on a bed piled high with the familys most precious assets even as the bailiffs arrived at the door! At the age of fourteen, while sick with typhoid fever, he raved in his delirium that he wanted, above all else, to see the paintings in the Palazzo Pitti and the Uffizi in Florence. A vast number of works by Modigliani are now lost. 14. With Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili, Hippolyte Girardot. [42] Pseudo-goitre, a medical condition is also known as Modigliani syndrome. However, Modigliani officially recognized her daughter as his child. Drunks were tolerated; carriers of infectious diseases were not. Morelli had served as an inspiration for a group of iconoclasts who were known by the title "the Macchiaioli" (from macchia"dash of colour", or, more derogatively, "stain"), and Modigliani had already been exposed to the influences of the Macchiaioli. Jeanne Hbuterne became a principal subject for Modigliani's art. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and figures that were not received well during his lifetime, but later became much sought-after. In 1906, Modigliani moved to Paris, then the focal point of the avant-garde. Jeanne Hbuterne's family thus brought her back to live in their family home. The Garsins were a sephardic Jewish family, very educated and learned, of a well-off condition but with difficulty managing money. Modigliani was first introduced to Jeanne Hbuterne, an art student and model, by the sculptor Chana Orloff. Working during that fertile period of isms, Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Futurism, Modigliani did not choose to be categorized within any of these prevailing, defining confines. His birth saved his family from financial ruin. Modigliani earned 500 francs for his first portrait commission, 1909's "Jean-Baptiste Alexandre with a Crucifix," yet chose to compose the work on an old canvas. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Do you know if his daughter ever benefited financially from his eventually priceless work? Sadly, Hbuterne threw herself out of the fifth-floor apartment window the day after Modigliani's death, dying by suicide. Jeanne had two childeren, Anne who died, and Laure, still living in Paris, Thank you so much for this response Ingeborge I hope that Mariam will pick up on this below Thanks again. At the time of his birth, his father, an Italian Jewish businessman, had recently declared bankruptcy. 20. [51] On 14 May 2018 the 1917 painting Nu couch (sur le ct gauche) sold at Sotheby's in New York for $157.2 million. Some sources claim that the outrage and early closure of his solo exhibition was not due to the stylization of his work or the nudity, but rather the presence of pubic hair in his paintings of women. son Amedeo Modigliani son Private child Private child Isacco Garsin father Regina (Reginetta) Garsin in Garsin mother Within a year of arriving in Paris, however, his demeanour and reputation had changed dramatically. They had a daughter together in 1918, and Ms. Hebuterne was nine months pregnant with a second child by Modigliani when, despondent over Modiglianis death on January 24, 1920, she leapt to her death from the fifth-floor window of her parents Paris apartment. These letters are a sounding board for the developing ideas brewing in Modigliani's mind. [14] He is noted to have commented, upon meeting Picasso who, at the time, was wearing his trademark workmen's clothes, that even though the man was a genius, that did not excuse his uncouth appearance.[14]. Born on July 12, 1884 [49] As part of this endeavor the organization is preparing a new catalogue raisonn of Modigliani's artwork. This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery. .Her epitaph reads: Devoted companion to the extreme sacrifice.. [36], Iris Tree, c. 1916, Courtauld Institute of Art, Reclining Nude, 1917, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seated Nude, 1917, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Nude Sitting on a Divan ("La Belle Romaine"), 1917, Nude on a Blue Cushion, 1917, National Gallery of Art, Nu couch, 191718, sold for $170.4 million in 2015 to Liu Yiqian[37], Seated Nude, 1918, Honolulu Museum of Art, On a trip to Nice which had been conceived and organized by Zborowski, Modigliani, Foujita and other artists tried to sell their works to rich tourists. Because he spent much of his career impoverished, some scholars have speculated that the stone he used for his sculptures was actually stolen from city renovation sites in Montparnassehis series of heads are made from the same type of limestone that was being used to refurbish the neighborhood. He was largely unsuccessful in selling his work, and, when he did, it was never for very much (and most of the money he earned was used to support his substance abuse). He met the first serious love of his life, Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, in 1910, when he was 26. Since his death, Modigliani's reputation has soared. Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair). 12. In 1906, Modigliani. He developed pleurisy at age 11, and caught typhoid fever just a year later. What funds he did receive soon vanished for his habits.[38]. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren and two Labradors. During his early years in Paris, Modigliani worked at a furious pace. Modigliani thrived on camaraderie and would not let himself be isolated as an invalid; he used drink and drugs as palliatives to ease his physical pain, helping him to maintain a faade of vitality and allowing him to continue to create his art. Modigliani's behaviour at this time sheds some light upon his developing style as an artist, in that the studio had become almost a sacrificial effigy for all that he resented about the academic art that had marked his life and his training up to that point. Modigliani was said to regularly recite Dante and other poets from memory. While many exhibitions have endeavored to reunite his paintings, sculptures, and drawings, Modigliani Up Close offers a unique opportunity to examine their production and explore how Modigliani constructed and composed his signature works. She had been adopted by her paternal aunt, Margherita Modigliani after she was brought back from her Grandparents home in Paris, France by her paternal uncle, Socialist leader Giuseppe Modigliani - a man who was much better known than his younger brother, the artist, Amedeo at that point in time. He behaves like a spoiled child, but he does not lack intelligence. Hbuterne, then Modiglianis fiance, was eight months pregnant with their second child when he died on January 24, 1920. Earlier during his life, his family had a comfortable life because of a successful money-changing business. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. After a year, however, Anna returned to her husband. The artist was born on July 12, 1884. . After ten years and the death of her father, the family finally allowed Jeannes remains to be buried with her beloved Amadeo in of Pre Lachaise. It was said that Modigliani's actual birth saved his family from ruin. According to the newspaper reports of the time she was to be buried privately in the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris , where her father was buried. Founded in the early 1980s, the Modigliani brand is actually heir to a tradition in glasses and ceramics that began in Rome in the late 19th century with a small shop in the historic center of the capital.. Modigliani has always known how to combine the Italian manufacturing tradition with a strong impetus towards technical and formal innovation, giving life to a new aesthetic language in the . Modigliani then got engaged to her, but Jeanne's parents were against the marriage, especially because of Modigliani's reputation as an alcoholic and drug user. This name was derived from the curved neck of women in Modigliani's paintings which appeared like pseudogoitre.[43]. His paintings of this period show incredibly well Modiglianis signature style; the figures have the same glow and spiritual quality found in works by Renaissance masters, which Modigliani would certainly have seen during his studies in Florence. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Art historian Osvaldo Patani and researcher Alberindo Grimani say they have found 79 sketches done by Modigliani during his youth in Italy. By 1912, Modigliani was exhibiting highly stylized sculptures with Cubists of the Section d'Or group at the Salon d'Automne. 4. When he was 11 years of age, she had noted in her diary: "The child's character is still so unformed that I cannot say what I think of it. In late 1908 or early 1909, Modigliani moved to Montparnasse, a bohemian section of Paris, and lived there with some interruptions until his death in 1920. The paintings also demonstrate his interest in a new, unexpected source: non-Western art. Like all precocious teenagers, Modigliani preferred the company of older companions, and Ghiglia's role in his adolescence was to be a sympathetic ear as he worked himself out, principally in the convoluted letters that he regularly sent, and which survive today. Franco Modigliani was born on 18 June 1918 in Rome, Lazio, Italy, to a Jewish family. Letters that he wrote from his 'sabbatical' in Capri in 1901 clearly indicate that he is being more and more influenced by the thinking of Nietzsche. In 1939, Modigliani married Serena Calabi, through whom he came in touch with the antifascist movement. A port city, Livorno had long served as a refuge for those persecuted for their religion, and was home to a large Jewish community. In 1901, whilst in Rome, Modigliani admired the work of Domenico Morelli, a painter of dramatic religious and literary scenes. In a letter dated September 17, 1936, Ms. Hastings described the novella to Modigliani biographer Douglas Goldring: I tell the story [of my relationship with Modigliani] in Minnie Pinnikin, an unpublished book that I cant be bothered about with Musso[lini] and Hitler preparing to shake hands and bust up Europe. In that same letter, Ms. Hastings wrote: I was Minnie Pinnikin and thought everyone lived in a fairyland as I did. In her letter to Goldring, Ms. Hastings indirectly confirms that the fairyland quality of Minnie Pinnikin is an escapist reaction to the horrors of World War I. [11], Despite his rejection of the Macchiaioli approach, Modigliani nonetheless found favour with his teacher, who referred to him as "Superman", a pet name reflecting the fact that Modigliani was not only quite adept at his art, but also that he regularly quoted from Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Modigliani had a close relationship with his mother, who taught him at home until he was 10. [56] In 2018 twenty fake Modiglianis were seized at an exhibition in Genoa. There are at least five catalogues raisonns of the artist's work including two volumes by Ambrogio Ceroni, last updated in 1972. Some art historians suggest[26] that it is entirely possible that Modigliani would have achieved even greater artistic heights had he not been immured in, and destroyed by, his own self-indulgences. Modigliani-Miller Theorem - M&M: The Modigliani-Miller theorem (M&M) states that the market value of a company is calculated using its earning power and the risk of its underlying assets and is . Modigliani's oeuvre includes paintings and drawings. 5. Bidding for La Belle Romaine pushed its price well past its $40m (24.8m) estimate. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. By subscribing you are agreeing to Sothebys Privacy Policy. The family business was money lending, with branches in Livorno, Marseille, Tunis, and London, though their fortunes ebbed and flowed. A single tombstone honors them both. Modiglianis closest artistic and social affinities were reserved for the Cubist artists, especially Picasso. This multinational group of artists brought with them a wide range of artistic histories, traditions, and backgrounds and created a remarkably lively, cosmopolitan, and sophisticated environment. May C Modigliani Mar 30, 1903 - Jan 11, 1998 94 years Serena Modigliani Jan 2, 1917 - Sep 24, 2008 91 years Franco Modigliani Jun 18, 1918 - Sep 25, 2003 85 years Piero Modigliani Jun 18, 1895 - Jul 1976 81 years Peter Modigliani Dec 13, 1933 - Sep 1979 45 years Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Fine original oil on canvas in the style of Amadeo Modigliani. Thanks for the question. This series brings to life the artistic genius of Amedeo Modigliani. Get help and learn more about the design. Additional support is generously provided by Barbara and Ira A. Lipman, the Edmond de Rothschild Foundations, Capital One, an anonymous gift in memory of Curtis Hereld, and the Robert Lehman Foundation. Before the outbreak of WW2 Jeanne Modigliani married Italian economist and journalist Mario Cesare Silvio Levi. His father was a money-changer, but when his business failed, the family lived in poverty. The Italian artist Amadeo Modigliani (July 12, 1884-January 24, 1920) is best known for his portraits and nudes, which featured elongated faces, necks, and bodies. Besides a couple of spelling mistakes interesting. Immediate Family Arturo Modigliani husband Lina Modigliani daughter Flaminio di Emanuele Modigliani husband Giuseppe Emanuele (Mene) di Flam. When France was occupied by the Nazis during World War II,she joined the ruralMaquis, aka the French Resistance, and in 1943 she was imprisoned for political reasons but managed to get released through the help of some forged documents. Micheli's work, however, was so fashionable and the genre so commonplace that the young Modigliani reacted against it, preferring to ignore the obsession with landscape that, as with French Impressionism, characterized the movement. Parisot, as president of the Modigliani Institut Archives Lgales in Rome, had the legal right to authenticate Modigliani's work. Thanks also for the tip about the spelling mistakes I get a bit word blind with these late night blogs! [14], When he first arrived in Paris, he wrote home regularly to his mother, he sketched his nudes at the Acadmie Colarossi, and he drank wine in moderation. He also painted a number of well-known contemporary poets and writers including Blaise Cendrars, Guillaume Apollinaire and Jean Cocteau. The portrait below is his final self-portrait. Salmon claimed that whereas Modigliani was a totally pedestrian artist when sober, "from the day that he abandoned himself to certain forms of debauchery, an unexpected light came upon him, transforming his art. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Jeanne Nechtschein, nee Modigliani was an Italian artist, the daughter of Amedeo Modigliani, a famous Italian painter/sculptor, and Jeanne Hbuterne, a French artist and Modigliani's common law wife who was often the subject of his nude paintings. Where is Jeanne Modigliani Nechtschein buried? Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (US: / m o d i l j n i /, Italian: [amedo modiani]; 12 July 1884 - 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. Modigliani was the fourth child of Flaminio Modigliani and his French wife, Eugenia Garsin. Modigliani showed great promise while with Micheli, and ceased his studies only when he was forced to, by the onset of tuberculosis. Given the births of Modiglianis children in 1917 and 1918, it is not surprising that children and young people became common subjects in the artists work between 1918 and 1919. Portrait of Amedeo Modigliani by JeanneHbuterne. Amedeo Modigliani was both in Livorno, Italy. (27.8 43 cm) Paul Alexandre Family, courtesy of Richard Nathanson, London . [48], In November 2010, a painting of a nude by Amedeo Modigliani, part of a series of nudes he created around 1917, sold for more than $68.9m (42.7m) at an auction in New Yorka record for the artist's work. Jeanne began to pose for him and appears in several of his paintings. A court in Rome has rejected the claim of Laure Nechtschein-Modigliani, the granddaughter of the artist Amedeo Modigliani (died 1920), to be "the sole owner of [the] author's moral rights" for. Their child was adopted, and may still be living today, perhaps unaware that he is the offspring of Amedeo Modigliani. The story of Amedeo Modigliani's bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso, and his tragic romance with Jeanne Hebuterne. It is very clever worth the queue because it is so unexpected enjoy it! According to the tales Amedeo told around the Parisian bars, his timely birth saved the family from ruin. [52], Modigliani is one of the most faked artists in the world. ( I mean , Anne and Laure). [40] In May 1919 they returned to Paris with their infant daughter and moved into an apartment on the rue de la Grande Chaumire. There was an enormous funeral, attended by many from the artistic communities in Montmartre and Montparnasse. [citation needed], During his lifetime, he sold a number of his works, but never for any great amount of money. [22], Modigliani's use of drink and drugs intensified from about 1914 onward. Best of luck Penny. He was Constantin Brncui's disciple for one year. [2], Modigliani's mother, Eugnie Garsin, born and raised in Marseille, was descended from an intellectual, scholarly family of Sephardic ancestry that for generations had lived along the Mediterranean coastline. Blaming Modigliani for Jeannes death, her parents quietly buried her in Cimetire de Bagneux, somehow covering up the fact that she had committed suicide so she could be buried in holy ground. Modigliani had become, in a sense, "the people's painter." His mother promised that she would take him to Florence herself, the moment he was recovered. When the Garsin and Modigliani families announced the engagement of their children, Flaminio was a wealthy young mining engineer. Modiglianis final lover was an art student named Jeanne Hebuterne. Have you seen the exhibition at Tate Modern yet? The novella Minnie Pinnikin, penned by Hastings, details the authors relationship with Modigliani. 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