Jeanne Modigliani (Nice, 1918 - Paris, 1984). ""Abstraction"". Acrylic on
paper attached to canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Measures: 38
x 61 cm; 41.5 x 64.5 cm (Frame). Daughter of the acclaimed painter Amedeo Modigliani
And of the artist Jeanne Hébuterne, Jeanne Modigliani did not meet
His parents: Amadeo died on January 24, 1920 when Jeanne had
Only with fourteen months and his mother, muse of the painter, committed suicide after
of a few hours. The girl was adopted by her paternal aunt and grew up in
Livorno, licensing in art history at the University of Florence.
Of Jewish and granddaughter of a socialist, in 1939 he fled to Paris because of
The fascist persecution and, after the Nazi occupation, joined the maquis.
After the war, Jeanne Modigliani began the search for truth
About his father. In 1952, with a scholarship from the National Research Center
Scientific, also embarked on an investigation into Van Gogh. Are
precisely the similarities between the life of the Dutch painter and that of his
Father who made her return to him, to Modigliani, to which he dedicated himself by
complete from that moment. Your constant interest in obtaining
Official recognition of the value of his father's work was a great success
When, in 1981, in Paris, he set up the most complete exhibition of Modigliani:
more than 250 works between paintings, sculptures, gouaches and drawings formed
Part of a sample that increased, if possible, interest in the teacher. In
1983 founded Légales Amedeo Modigliani Archives, in order to classify
and protect Modigliani's work. However, Jeanne Modigliani's life
He was not limited to his documentary work, but inherited from his father the
Master of the brushes. With a production close to expressionism
abstract, sometimes approaching figuration, the compositions of
Jeanne Modigliani expressed, with total sincerity and freedom, the states
deepest of the soul. From the most dynamic and spontaneous compositions
Even the most calm and appeasers, Jeanne knew how to capture in his works
His most intimate and personal self.