Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Amedeo Modigliani
Born: July 12, 1884
Died: January 24, 1920 (aged 35)
Bio: Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France.
Known for:
- Reclining Nude (1919)
- Nu couché (1917)
- Portrait of Maude Abrantes (1907)
- Gypsy Woman with Baby (1919)
- Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne in a large hat (1918)