Modigliani's oil paintings

Italian by birth, Amedeo Modigliani moved to Paris in 1906, where, influenced by Cubist trends and by the many artistic movements thriving in the French capital at that time, he developed his distinctive style and unique approach, focused mainly on the depiction of female nudes.

In Modigliani's paintings, and more specifically in the bodies he immortalized, there are hard, two-dimensional lines reminiscent of Egyptian art. The almond-shaped eyes of the subjects in his portraits and the long necks are unmistakable elements of his artistic output, so unique that it was never associated with any pictorial movement, as was also, in a sense, the case with Gauguin.

Modigliani, despite his untimely death at just 36, was a prolific artist who left behind not only an extensive catalog of paintings and sculptures, but also an unmistakable style.