Modigliani

10 hrs. 31 min.

Language Russian

Author Corrado Augias

Narrator Irina Yerisanova

Description

Amedeo Modigliani is a legend of the art world. This scion of a wealthy Italian family left his homeland and his family to live the life of a poor artist in early 20th-century Paris, where he was both friends with and enemies with Matisse and Picasso, Soutine and Brancusi. Among these masters, the young Italian managed to develop his own unmistakable style—full of restrained energy and unabashed sensuality. Modigliani’s creative rise was cut short by a death from meningitis at the age of 35. Only after that was his talent recognized, and the paintings he once couldn’t sell for pennies became an adornment of the world’s best museums.

The Italian historian Corrado Augias tells the captivating story of Modigliani using archival documents, letters written by the artist himself, and the recollections of people close to him.