European school of the 20th century. Following models of amedeo Modigliani

European school of the twentieth century. Following models of AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (Livorno, Italy, 1884 - Paris, France, 1920).
"Portrait of a lady".
Oil on canvas.
Unsigned.
Measurements: 65 x 53,50 cm.

The painting in question represents the bust of a lady with very characteristic features of Modigliani. It is the portrait of a woman with elongated features, thin and vertical nose, very thin and arched eyebrows, small mouth and geometric hairstyle. The neck is very long, almost the same size as the face itself, typical proportions used by the author throughout his entire bora both in painting and sculpture.Modigliani's artistic life was spent in Paris, in extreme circumstances at times, which made him a legend of Parisian bohemia at the beginning of the century. Settled in Montmartre, his youthful work was influenced by Picasso, Gauguin and Toulouse-Lautrec. In 1907 he enrolled in the Salon des Indépendants, where he presented sculptures in 1912. From that same year dates his work "Seated Nude", where the unmistakable characteristics of his female portraits are already defined: the torso painted in a more or less naturalistic way, almost full body, and the face with the typical mannerism of the artist, without decorative elements that accompany the figure or hide it. In December 1917 he held his first solo exhibition at the Parisian gallery of Berta Weill. Although several of his paintings were withdrawn by the police for "offenses to modesty", and he did not sell any work in this first exhibition, Modigliani began to be a well-known and esteemed painter in Paris. In 1919 he exhibited at the Hill Gallery in London and, despite being aware of his serious state of health, he did not give up alcohol and continued to work. He died on January 24, 1920, victim of tubercular meningitis. Amedeo Modigliani is represented in the most important art galleries around the world, such as the MoMA and the Guggenheim in New York, the Tate Gallery in London or the Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, among many others.