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Caryatid

Title	Caryatid
Artist	アメデオ・モディリアーニ　Amedeo MODIGLIANI
Date	1911-13
Medium	oil on canvas supported by panel
Dimensions	80.5×45.0
Classification	Paintings
Accession Number	FO199600002000
Summary	From 1909-14, until physical strength and economic reasons stopped Modigliani's artistic work, he was extremely interested as a sculptor in the caryatid form of female pillar form found in Greek architecture. While only a few of his sculptures (stone sculptures) and oil paintings depict caryatids per se, he left a large number of drawings on the subject. The woman shown in this painting was set in a pose to support the tall picture format, with both hands raised, and the body in caryatid form, the figures are somehow simple and primitive. Here, the almond-shaped eyes, three-dimensional nose, and round breasts give a simple but powerful impression, and the sense of muscular mass in the legs and arms exude a strong sense of life force. The face slanted down to the right and the imbalance between left and right legs and arms shapes the body into a slightly S-curve form, giving a sense of a moving caryatid. The bands of brown to the left and right are uneven and seem like a stone wall surface, again, giving their uneven size gives a sense of movement to the composition. Thus we can see how the current fashion for primitive sculpture interested Modigliani and how it influenced his bold depiction of the human forms in his carefully rendered paintings.

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Native place	Livorno, ITA
Birth	1884
Dead place	Paris, FRA
Died	1920
Biography	Born in Livorno, northern Italy. In 1902 entered the Scuola di Nudo in Florence, and then studied at an art school from 1903 -05 in Venice. In 1906 departed for Paris and then lived there for the rest of his life. Through an understanding doctor, Paul Alexandre, Modigliani continued to paint while also interacting with sculptor Brancusi, and thus beginning to create sculptures also. Through Brancusi came to have a deep understanding of primitive arts. Modigliani also interacted with the Ecole de Paris artists at their residence, La Ruche, including Soutine and Kisling. However, his style, with its interest in primitive arts and basis in classical techniques, meant that while he was close to the members of Ecole de Paris, he was not a typical member of the group and in the end more creative. His life was troubled by alcohol and drugs, and he died at the young age of 35.

Caryatid

Amedeo MODIGLIANI