Амедео Модильяни - Портрет польской женщины 1919
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Портрет польской женщины 1919
100x65см холст/масло
Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States
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During the time he resided in Paris, from the winter of 1906 until his untimely death in 1920 at the age of thirty-six, Amedeo Modigliani lived the life of the true Bohemian artist, suffering hardship to achieve ambitious artistic goals. Portrait of a Polish Woman--reflecting his interest in African sculpture, his contact with the sculptor Constantin Brancusi, and his own ventures into direct stone carving--shows Modigliani's distinctive approach to painting idealized images of feminine beauty. The portrait was painted the year before he died, when his favorite female sitters, other than his companion Jeanne Hubuterne, were drawn from the circle of his most devoted dealer, Leopold Zborowska. The sitter here has not been identified definitively but is most likely Hanka Zborowska, Leopold's aristocratic Polish wife. As is typical of Modigliani's stylized approach to his subjects, the monumental figure, composed of a series of graceful arabesques--rounded shoulders, elongated neck, and curving arms--is situated in a spare, geometric, architectural setting. Modigliani has rendered the gently tilting head, plunging neckline, and oversized collar in an elegant, modern portrait. Melissa Kerr, from Masterpieces from the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Impressionism and Modern Art (2007), p. 166.