Linda LeKinff Art

Linda LeKinff is a prolific artist known for her colorful and vivid works of art.  She is an artist and painter influenced by Braque, Matisse, Modigliani and Egon Schiele!

While her subjects are diverse from musical scenes to people caught in an intimate moment of their lives to elegantly dressed couples.

As a collector of Linda LeKinff's artwork, most if not all of her works that I have feature primarily women and occasionally her trademark black cat.

Welcome to the artistic showcase of art by Linda LeKinff. This artist is one of my all-time personal favorites!

Photo Credit: Ellen by Linda LeKinff that hangs over my fireplace. Copyright : JaguarJulie.

Are you a fan of Linda Lekinff?

1. Yes -- and I have some of her artwork
2. Yes -- hope to buy something of hers
3. No, not yet

Linda LeKinff Biography

LeKinff lived and worked in Italy for twelve years learning the ancient techniques of tempera, egg painting and the gold leaf method taught by masters in Florence and Livorno. She also served an apprenticeship in wood engraving, copper engraving, and excelled in learning the modern techniques of acrylic and airbrush painting.

In Paris in 1975 she learned lithography, meeting the artists, Brayer, Corneille and Lapique. In 1976 she met Okamoto Taro, the Japanese Picasso, who introduced her to the sand and sumi technique. In 1981 she spent six months in Morocco where she worked with Chabia, the poetess of the naive abstraction movement. She returned to school in south Tyrol where she became interested in painted, polished and varnished woodwork, using a special material made of casein. She applied it to her paintings and continues to use this technique today but still keeps the traditional approach of painting in acrylic on canvas, as well.

She began to create original serigraphs in the mid 1980`s and uses this technique exclusively in the creation of her original graphic works. She also creates hand-embellished versions of her serigraphs on canvas and wood, and spends countless hours re-visiting each example to extract new artistic possibilities from every individual image.

LeKinff also expresses herself through watercolors or, more precisely, a mixing of greasy pastels, ink and watercolor. Recently she began to use collage. She works without a model and her inspiration comes from travel, her dreams, reading and her imagination. Her subjects are extremely diverse, and include musical scenes, poetic interpretations of people caught in an intimate moment of their lives, and couples elegantly dressed, out for a night on the town. Her influences include the hidden sensuality of Braque, the masterful drawing of Matisse, the elegance of Modigliani and the precocious maturity of Egon Schiele who died at the age of 28.

In 1998, LeKinff was selected as the official World Cup Artist. For that distinction, she created a painting that was minted into a commemorative coin by the French Government, an honor never before offered to a living French artist. In 2002 LeKinff participated in the "Exposition of Prestige" organized by the Ambassador of France in Japan and her work was exhibited in museums and art foundations in Japanese cities including: Tokyo-Bunkamura Museum; Nagoya-Tenjin Salaria Art Foundation; Osaka-Kirin Foundation; Fukuoka-Loft Gallery; Yokohama-RedBrick-Warehouse.

Recent Museum acquisitions include: Jeju Island, Korea; Moulin de Villedoin Velles, France; La Maison de Van Gogh, Auvers sur Oise, France; Musee de Montmartre, Paris, France.

In 2005, Linda LeKinff participated in the following group shows in France: Salon Violet; Salon d'autumn; Salon des Artistes Francais; Salon des Beaux Arts; Salon Comparaison. --Courtesy of Park West Gallery.

A bit of trivia about her name
Of all the artist's whose work I've admired and collected, Linda LeKinff is the one artist who stands out as having her last name MISPELLED more times than any other artist. Here are the various derivations of her last name.

• LeKinff
• Le Kinff
• LeKinf
• Le Kinf

My Art Collection -- For Sale!

Chopin's Concert -- Serigraph

In June 2002 I acquired my first LeKinff through an eBay auction. What's pictured above is Chopin's Concert which depicts a handsome, colorful couple elegantly dressed and standing together.

This serigraph on wove paper from 2001 measures 19 inches x 5 inches. It is signed in ink and numbered 263/350. What I love about it is LeKinff's style and vivid use of colors.

This came with a certificate of authenticity and certified appraisal of $465.00 from Fine Art Sales.

Chopin's Concert is from the regular numbered edition of 350 (55 European artist's proofs, 55 artist's proofs, 55 hors commerce proofs, 7 printer's proofs, and 3 bon a tirer proof impressions also exist). A hand embellished edition on wood panel consisting of 184 numbered examples also exists.

Ellen -- Signed Hand Embellished Limited Edition Serigraph on Canvas

This is beautiful and my FIRST artwork actually won at a Park West Gallery LIVE AUCTION. At that particular auction, I acquired two LeKinffs plus two other artist's work.

Ellen, a serigraph in color with hand embellishment on canvas, is signed in ink, numbered on verso.

From the deluxe numbered edition of 150 (17 deluxe artist's proofs edition and 3 bon a tirer proofs on canvas also exist). There is an edition on wove paper with hand embellishment of 527 that also exists.

This is from 2000, measures 26 inches x 26 inches, came with appraisal of $2,350.00, registration number, and certificate of authenticity.

Fez -- Signed Limited Edition Serigraph

This beautiful work of art by Linda LeKinff was also acquired from an eBay seller in June 2002.

It is a signed limited edition serigraph in vibrant colors on wove paper. It is signed in pencil and numbered 101/350. From the regular edition of 350 (50 artist's proofs, 50 hors commerce and 6 printer's proofs also exist).

This had a reserve price and a BIN -- as the 14th bidder, I acquired it with the BIN price. It came with a certificate of authenticity and registration number from Park West Gallery.

The actual picture measures 13-1/2 inches high x 11 inches wide. This is definitely one of my favorites of LeKinff's.

Mi Corazon -- Signed Serigraph on Wove Paper

Mi Corazon was my second acquisition from the Park West Gallery live auction. So far, it's been my ONLY Park West Gallery auction as my hubby thought I spent a tad too much that evening -- and because we actually ran out of space on our walls!

Mi Corazon, serigraph in color on wove paper, signed in ink, numbered 305/350.

From the regular numbered edition of 350 (50 European artist's proofs, 50 artist's proofs, 50 hors commerce proofs, 24 printer's proofs, and 3 bon a tirer proof impressions also exist).

This is from 2001, measures 19 inches x 16-1/2 inches, came with appraisal of $795.00, registration number, and certificate of authenticity.

Debbie -- Signed Serigraph on Wove Paper

Debbie is a popular piece of artwork of Linda LeKinff. By popular I mean that I've seen it available on eBay throughout the past several years.

However, just recently, I noticed that the price had significantly risen on this item!

Debbie from 1998, serigraph in color on wove paper, signed in the plate lower right. The picture measures 7 inches x 8-3/4 inches and outside 10-3/4 inches x 9 inches.

This came with a certificate of authenticity and registration number from Fine Art Sales, Inc.

Note d'Or -- Seriolithograph

This is a Note d'Or, a seriolithograph in color on paper. Signed in the plate.

It's from 2003 and measures 8-1/2 inches x 7 inches. It came with a registration number and certificate of authenticity from Park West Gallery.

As you can tell, it is UNFRAMED at the moment!

More Info on Linda LeKinff

Knottywood Treasures - Le Kinff has taken her place among contemporary artists whose work frees us from the mundane reality of everyday life, not with elaborate fantasy but with a sure-handed rendering of beauty and elegance in line with her personal view on painting.

Art Brokerage - Art Brokerage has clients for original paintings. View some of her colorful artwork.

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I hope you have enjoyed my artist profile. If you are a collector of Linda LeKinff, I'd love to hear from you. My collection of Linda LeKinff art is for sale. Let me know if you are interested in acquiring any of the pieces in my collection.

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Itzchak Tarkay Art

Itzchak Tarkay is the collectible artist and painter who is realistic, abstract, figurative, decorative and known for his colorful female subjects - The remarkable artsy women! I am an art collector / art enthusiast who loves colorful paintings and adores the works of Itzchak Tarkay.

A friend who is more "learned" at art collecting actually turned me on to this colorful artist who has achieved strong recognition as a leading representative of a new generation of figurative artists.

The inspirations for Tarkay's work reflect influences from Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism, and color influences of Matisse. His drawing style has a distinct feel of Toulouse-Lautrec I think!

I acquired this artist's ever popular Two by Two seriolithograph in color on paper from a friend in Jacksonville, Florida many years ago. It was this very work of art that helped launch my art collection! Yes, I have this artist's work, but I also have so much more ... and that makes me smile!

Photo Credit: That's "Two by Two" by Itzchak Tarkay that hangs in my home.

Are you a fan of Itzchak Tarkay art?

1. Yes -- I actually own some of his artwork
2. Yes -- and I hope to buy something of his
3. No -- not just yet

Itzchak Tarkay Quiet Afternoon Art

Get an Art Book!

Learn about the vast array of Tarkay art from this book, TARKAY: CATALOGUE RAISONNE 1986-1994.

It is the Catalogue Raisonne of the Serigraph Prints 1986-1994.

I personally have a couple of Tarkay art books and get a lot of joy browsing through them from time to time.

What a perfect gift for the art lover you know; or for yourself!

This makes a great coffee table book too.

Contemplation

This Tarkay original acrylic is literally the only painting that he has ever done with a black background.

It retails for $44,000.

I had originally found it being offered by Fine Art Enterprises at a reduced price.

I'm not sure if it is still available!!

But, it is a bit out of my price range, for sure.

Tavern at Dusk

Tavern at Dusk, an acrylic on board with pastel, shows a somewhat loose, even a bit gross style in its full-figured depictions of tavern-frequenters out for a beer at sundown.

To fully appreciate the colorful and beautifully decorative style of Tarkay's work today, you need to take a look at his early works -- such as this one.

You can see, for one thing, that the faces are not as precise as they are in later works of his.

At the Bar

An original acrylic, this is one of the only pieces where the artist actually painted a blonde!

The depiction of people standing at a bar is very rare for Tarkay.

It retails for $40,000.

I had originally found it being offered by Fine Art Enterprises at a reduced price.

I'm not sure if it is still available!!

But, again, it is a bit out of my price range, for sure.

Two by Two

Several years ago, I acquired Two by Two from our friend, THE art collector ... he's a bit more seriously into art collecting than I am.

Two by Two, seriolithograph in color on paper. Signed in the plate. From the edition of 9500.

It is from 2000 and measures 16-1/4 inches x 20-1/2 inches.

It came with a certificate of authenticity from and a registration number Park West Gallery.

Marie and Susie

Of the art that I collect, I do have a few art prints such as this one. This particular Tarkay art print is quite popular.

Marie and Susie is rather large at 36 inches x 26 inches, so I haven't framed it as yet as that frame might cost $500.

In addition, I've run out of wall space for any more art ... unless we add an extension to the house or move into a bigger home!

Beware of imitators!
Be sure to get a
Certificate of Authenticity
as there are "imitators"
of Tarkay's artwork.

Find More of Itzchak Tarkay's Art:

Image Kind - More than a dozen of colorful art prints.
Prints - Several colorful prints of Tarkay.
Canvas Prints - These canvas prints are approx. $200.00.
CJR Fine Arts -- Serigraphs - Quite a nice selection of Tarkay serigraphs.
CJR Fine Arts -- Originals - You'll need to call for a price on these originals.
Fine Art E - A great website for more information about Itzchak Tarkay fine art.

Works on Paper

This is a wonderful artsy hand signed book that I acquired from an eBay seller in June 2002 for $99.00.

There have been printed 4,400 books of this edition. All the books include three original lithographs, bound into the book, and a lithographed dust-cover. It was first published in 1993.

In addition, the three lithographs bound into the book and the dust-cover have also been printed on Arches paper with wide margins. Each lithograph is signed by the artist and is numbered from 1/400 to 400/400. Each lithograph accompanies a book bearing the corresponding number and title.

A Deluxe Edition of 150 books is leather bound. The books are numbered from 1 to 150. Each book in the Deluxe Edition includes one original watercolor painting by Itzchak Tarkay.

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Are you a fan of Itzchak Tarkay's work? Do you own any Tarkays? Would you like to? I'd love to hear from you.

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William Adolphe Bouguereau Art

My first introduction to the art of William-Adolphe Bouguereau was back in the 1980s in Cleveland, Ohio. The most beautiful heavenly ANGEL ART posters are those by William-Adolphe Bouguereau! Let me introduce you to a few of my favorite art works by this master.

We had taken a Sunday trip to The Cleveland Museum of Art. I saw this huge oil painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau of a mother and her children as shown here -- it was the most magnificent painting.

Allow me to introduce you to the fabulous angel art posters of William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

The most beautiful heavenly angel art posters are those by William-Adolphe Bouguereau! It is angel art xtraordinaire!

Heavenly Photo Credit: Mother and Children Art Print by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

Are you an art fan of William-Adolphe Bouguereau?

1. Yes I am a fan of William-Adolphe Bouguereau and have some of his art!
2. I'm a fan of William-Adolphe Bouguereau, but don't yet own any of his art.
3. Thank you for introducing me to William-Adolphe Bouguereau and his art.
4. I will be buying some of the art of William-Adolphe Bouguereau!
5. I'm not really a fan of this art.

My Favorite Art
Without a doubt, this is my favorite work of Bouguereau's! Seeing this work in The Cleveland Museum of Art imprinted a vision upon my brain and soul that I am experiencing each time I think of this master.

Check out his work!

The Paintings of William Bouguereau - 220 hi-resolution printable images of women, girls, cherubs by a true Victorian master. (Lunagirl Images Fine Art and Illustration Series)

If you love the angel art of Bouguereau, you will love this collection of his paintings.

beautiful for altered art, decoupage, paper piecing and collage, transparencies, scrapbooking, tags, journals, framed prints, fabric transfers, jewelry, and lovely cards. All paintings have titles and most have dates.

Background Info on Bouguereau

William Bouguereau, born in France in 1825, was one of the most successful and popular painters of the second half of the 19th century. His works express perhaps better than any other's the values of classical French academic art: exquisite drawing and masterful perspective, rich coloration, dramatic yet harmonious composition, and classical and realistic subjects masterfully modeled. His technical skill is unquestionable. Yet these very qualities represent much of what the then-new school of Impressionism rebelled against, and Bouguereau's work, dismissed and scorned as academic; fell into near obscurity for many years after his death.

In recent decades, Bouguereau has been rediscovered by art historians, curators, and buyers. Museums display his work and his paintings bring ever-higher prices at auction.

Those who love this artist's work appreciate the tenderness with which he portrayed children and young women, his subtle revelation of personality and mood, his glowing colors, his lovely angels and graceful nudes, and the astonishingly realistic yet delicately transcendent quality of the images he created.

Bouguereau was a disciplined and prolific artist, known to have created over 700 finished paintings in his long lifetime. He painted, sketched, and planned tirelessly and passionately, and was also a devoted teacher.

Among his many achievements, one rarely mentioned is his role in opening the French art academies to women artists. He died in 1905.

William Bouguereau: His Life and Works. Originally published as part of the two-volume set, now available for the first time as a single volume.

This edition includes a chapter entitled 'William Bouguereau's Nymph and Satyr'. It is a detailed discussion of the painting, one of his most significant works, and is written by Kara Lysandra Ross.

A beautifully illustrated and comprehensive biography of French academic painter William Bouguereau.

It explores the relevance of his life and work during a period which embodied the Classical Tradition.

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Personally, I think that William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a fabulous artist. Ever since I discovered his beautiful painting in The Cleveland Museum of Art in the early 1980s, I have been an art fan of his. It is so great to have affordable art posters of his. Love him or own some of his work? Well, let us hear about it!

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Amedeo Modigliani

Amedeo Modigliani the Artist. A misunderstood Italian Artist of Jewish descent. Amedeo Modigliani lived a somewhat bohemian life of an artist and painter in the early 1900s in France. I have presented a fairly comprehensive look at the man and the artist.

Amedeo Modigliani suffered from alcoholism and died at 35 from tubercular meningitis after suffering from a variety of illnesses throughout his life. Amedeo Modigliani was known for his paintings and sculpture: his art was unique and idiosyncratic. And, perhaps he and his art have been slightly misunderstood.

I've seen the movie, Modigliani starring Andy Garcia for a second time. Pictured here is the Death Mask of Amedeo Modigliani by Jacques Lipchitz. The movie depicts the making of this death mask.

I highly recommend this movie to any art enthusiast seeking to appreciate and know more about Amedeo Modigliani! Amedeo Modigliani : The Artist, the Man and the Myth!

Photo Credit: The Death Mask of Amedeo Modigliani by Jacques Lipchitz.

Modigliani - The Movie!

Andy Garcia stars as the painter Modigliani, an Italian Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a beautiful Catholic girl. The couple has an illegitimate child, and Jeanne's bigoted parents send the baby to a faraway convent to be raised by nuns.

Modigliani is distraught and needs money to rescue and raise his child. The answer arrives in Paris' annual art competition. Prize money and a guaranteed career await the winner.

Modigliani and his dearest friend and rival Picasso believe that competitions are beneath true artists like themselves, but with the welfare of his child on the line, Modigliani signs up. Picasso follows suit and soon Paris is aflutter with excitement over the outcome. --Modigliani

Amedeo Modigliani achieved fame after his death! Modigliani died penniless and destitute-managing only one solo exhibition in his life and giving his work away in exchange for meals in restaurants. Since his death his reputation has soared. Nine novels, a play, a documentary and three feature films have been devoted to his life.

Beatrice Hastings on Amedeo Modigliani

In June of 1914, he met the talented and eccentric English woman, Beatrice Hastings, who had been a circus artist, a journalist, a poetess, a traveler, an art critic.

Later she would write of him:

A complex character. A swine and a pearl. Met him in 1914 at a creamerie. I sat opposite him. Hashish and brandy. Not at all impressed. Didn’t know who he was. He looked ugly, ferocious and greedy.

Met him again at the Cafe Rotonde. He was shaved and charming. Raised his cap with a pretty gesture, blushed and asked me to come and see his work. And I went. He always had a book in his pocket. Lautrémont's Maldoror. The first oil painting was of Kisling. He had no respect for anyone except Picasso and Max Jacob. Detested Cocteau. Never completed anything good under the influence of hashish.

Modigliani Legend and Legacy

• Modigliani died penniless and destitute-managing only one solo exhibition in his life and giving his work away in exchange for meals in restaurants. Since his death his reputation has soared. Nine novels, a play, a documentary and three feature films have been devoted to his life.
• Modigliani's sister in Florence adopted their 15-month old daughter, Jeanne (1918-1984).
• As an adult, Jeanne wrote a biography of her father titled, Modigliani: Man and Myth.
• Two films have been made about Modigliani; in 1958 Jacques Becker directed Les Amants de Montparnasse and in 2004 the film Modigliani by Michael Davis starred Andy Garcia as Modigliani.

Modigliani Early Life

• Amedeo's birth saved the family from certain ruin, as, according to an ancient law, creditors could not seize the bed of a pregnant woman or a mother with a newborn child.
• Beset with health problems after an attack of pleurisy when he was about eleven, a few years later he developed a case of typhoid fever. Then when he was roughly sixteen he was taken ill with pleurisy again, and it was then that he contracted the tuberculosis which was to eventually claim his life.
• His mother was, in many ways, instrumental in his ability to pursue art as a vocation. When he was eleven years of age, she had noted in her diary that:
  
  The child's character is still so unformed that I cannot say what I think of it. He behaves like a spoiled child, but he does not lack intelligence. We shall have to wait and see what is inside this chrysalis. Perhaps an artist?

Modigliani Art Student

• Modigliani is known to have drawn and painted from a very early age, and thought himself already a painter, his mother wrote, even before beginning formal studies.
• At the age of fourteen, while sick with the typhoid fever, he raved in his delirium that he wanted, above all else, to see the paintings in the Palazzo Pitti and the Uffizi in Florence.
• His mother promised that she would take him to Florence herself, the moment he was recovered. Not only did she fulfil this promise, but she also undertook to enroll him with the best painting master in Livorno, Guglielmo Micheli.

Modigliani - Micheli and the Macchiaioli

• Modigliani worked in Micheli's Art School from 1898 to 1900. Here his earliest formal artistic instruction took place in an atmosphere deeply steeped in a study of the styles and themes of nineteenth-century Italian art.
• In his earliest Parisian work, traces of this influence, and that of his studies of Renaissance art, can still be seen: artists such as Giovanni Boldini figure just as much in this nascent work as do those of Toulouse-Lautrec.
• In 1901, whilst in Rome, Modigliani admired the work of Domenico Morelli, a painter of melodramatic Biblical studies and scenes from great literature. It is ironic that he should be so struck by Morelli, as this painter had served as an inspiration for a group of iconoclasts who went by the title, the Macchiaioli (from macchia-"dash of colour", or, more derogatively, "stain"), and Modigliani had already been exposed to the influences of the Macchiaioli.
• Despite his rejection of the Macchiaioli approach, Modigliani nonetheless found favour with his teacher, who referred to him as "Superman", a pet name reflecting the fact that Modigliani was not only quite adept at his art, but also that he regularly quoted from Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
• In 1902, Modigliani continued what was to be a life-long infatuation with life drawing, enrolling in the Accademia di Belle Arti (Scuola Libera di Nudo, or Free School of Nude Studies) in Florence. A year later while still suffering from tuberculosis, he moved to Venice, where he registered to study at the Istituto di Belle Arti.
• It is in Venice that he first smoked hashish and, rather than studying, began to spend time frequenting disreputable parts of the city. The impact of these lifestyle choices upon his developing artistic style is open to conjecture, although these choices do seem to be more than simple teenage rebellion, or the cliched hedonism and bohemianism that was almost expected of artists of the time; his pursuit of the seedier side of life appears to have roots in his appreciation of radical philosophies, such as those of Nietzsche.

Modigliani Early Literary Influences

• He continued to read and be influenced through his art studies by the writings of Nietzsche, Baudelaire, Carducci, Comte de Lautréamont, and others, and developed the belief that the only route to true creativity was through defiance and disorder.
• The work of Lautréamont was equally influential at this time. This doomed poet's Les Chants de Maldoror became the seminal work for the Parisian Surrealists of Modigliani's generation, and the book became Modigliani's favourite to the extent that he learnt it by heart.
• Baudelaire and D'Annunzio similarly appealed to the young artist, with their interest in corrupted beauty, and the expression of that insight through Symbolist imagery.

Dear friend, I write to pour myself out to you and to affirm myself to myself.

I am the prey of great powers that surge forth and then disintegrate...

A bourgeois told me today - insulted me - that I or at least my brain was lazy. It did me good. I should like such a warning every morning upon awakening: but they cannot understand us nor can they understand life.

 
Portrait of Paul Alexandre
Against a Green Background: 1909 - Oil on canvas. 100 x 81 cm. Private collection.

Dr. Paul Alexandre, a medical doctor, not much older than Modigliani. Dr. Alexandre together with his brother, Jean, set up a free house for artists in Paris. The doctor was fascinated by Modigliani’s paintings and began to support the Italian as well as he could. He bought his drawings and paintings and arranged for portrait commissions.

He collected up to 25 paintings and 450 drawings by Modigliani, which were published only in 1990. In 1914, Dr. Alexandre went to the army and had to stop his support of the artists.

Modigliani in Paris

• In 1906 Modigliani moved to Paris, then the focal point of the avant-garde. His arrival at the epicentre of artistic experimentation coincided with the arrival of two other foreigners who were also to leave their marks upon the art world: Gino Severini and Juan Gris.
• He settled in Le Bateau-Lavoir, a commune for penniless artists in Montmartre, renting himself a studio in Rue Caulaincourt. He soon made efforts to assume the guise of the bohemian artist, but, even in his brown corduroys, scarlet scarf and large black hat, he continued to appear as if he were slumming it, having fallen upon harder times.
• He is noted to have commented, upon meeting Picasso who, at the time, was wearing his trademark workmen's clothes, that even though the man was a genius, that did not excuse his uncouth appearance.
• Within a year of arriving in Paris, however, his demeanour and reputation had changed dramatically. He transformed himself from a dapper academician artist into a sort of prince of vagabonds.
• Modigliani's behavior stood out even in these Bohemian surroundings: he carried on frequent affairs, drank heavily, and used absinthe and hashish. While drunk, he would sometimes strip himself naked at social gatherings. He became the epitome of the tragic artist, creating a posthumous legend almost as well-known as that of Vincent van Gogh.
• He was first influenced by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, but around 1907 he became fascinated with the work of Paul Cézanne. Eventually he developed his own unique style, one that cannot be adequately categorized with other artists.
• He met the first serious love of his life, Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, in 1910, when he was 26. They had studios in the same building, and although 21-year-old Anna was recently married, they began an affair. She embodied Modigliani's aesthetic ideal and the pair became engrossed in each other. After a year, however, Anna returned to her husband.

Portrait of Juan Gris: 1915
Oil on canvas. 55.5 x 38 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Juan Gris (1887-1927), pseudonim of JosVictoriano Gonzez, Spanish painter, born in Madrid. In 1906 he came to Paris, where he associated with Picasso and Matisse and became one of the most logical and consistent exponents of synthetic Cubism.

In 1912, he exhibited with the Cubists in the Section d’Or exhibition in Paris, and in 1920 at the Salon des Indendants. He settled at Boulogne and in 1923 designed the dor for three Diaghilev’s ballet productions. He also worked as a book illustrator.

Modigliani and Sculpture

• Soon he was back in Paris, this time renting a studio in Montparnasse. He originally saw himself as a sculptor rather than a painter, and was encouraged to continue after Paul Guillaume, an ambitious young art dealer, took an interest in his work and introduced him to sculptor Constantin Brancusi.
• Although a series of Modigliani's sculptures were exhibited in the Salon d'Automne of 1912, by 1914 he abandoned sculpting and focused solely on his painting.
• In Modigliani's art, there is evidence of the influence of primitive art from Africa and Cambodia which he may have seen in the Musée de l'Homme, but his stylizations are just as likely to have been the result of his being surrounded by Medieval sculpture during his studies in Northern Italy.

Portrait of Anna Zborovska: 1917
Oil on canvas. 55 x 33 cm. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy.

Leopold Zborovski (1889-1932) Polish poet and art dealer.

Anna (or Hanka) Zborovska, his wife. They met Modigliani in 1916 and supported him to the end of his life. Modigliani painted them several times.

Modigliani and Jeanne Hebuterne

• In the summer of 1917, the Russian sculptor Chana Orloff introduced him to a beautiful 19-year-old art student named Jeanne Hébuterne who had posed for Tsuguharu Foujita.
• From a conservative bourgeois background, Hébuterne was renounced by her devout Roman Catholic family for her liaison with the painter, whom they saw as little more than a debauched derelict, and, worse yet, a Jew.
• On December 3, 1917, Modigliani's first one-man exhibition opened at the Berthe Weill Gallery. The chief of the Paris police was scandalized by Modigliani's nudes and forced him to close the exhibition within a few hours after its opening.
• After he and Hébuterne moved to Nice, she became pregnant and on November 29, 1918 gave birth to a daughter whom they named Jeanne (1918-1984).

Modigliani in Nice

• During a trip to Nice, conceived and organized by Leopold Zborovski, Modigliani, Foujita and other artists tried to sell their works to rich tourists. Modigliani managed to sell a few pictures but only for a few francs each.
• Despite this, during this time he produced most of the paintings that later became his most popular and valued works.
• In May of 1919 he returned to Paris, where, with Hébuterne and their daughter, he rented an apartment in the rue de la Grande Chaumière. While there, both Jeanne Hébuterne and Amedeo Modigliani painted portraits of each other, and of themselves.

Portrait of Lunia Czechovska: 1919
Oil on canvas. 46 x 33 cm. Private collection.

Lunia Czechovska, Modigliani’s model and friend, left memoirs about him.

Woman with a Fan - Lunia Czechovska

Modigliani Tragic Death

• In 1920, after not hearing from him for several days, his downstairs neighbor checked on the family and found Modigliani in bed delirious and holding onto Hébuterne who was nearly nine months pregnant. They summoned a doctor, but little could be done because Modigliani was dying of the then-incurable disease tubercular meningitis.
• Modigliani died on January 24, 1920. There was an enormous funeral, attended by many from the artistic communities in Montmartre and Montparnasse. In the movie with Andy Garcia, Modigliani was first beaten after leaving a local cafe and shown to have died later.
• Hébuterne was taken to her parents' home, where, inconsolable, she threw herself out of a fifth-floor window two days after Modigliani's death, killing herself and her unborn child.
• Modigliani was interred in Père Lachaise Cemetery. Hébuterne was buried at the Cimetière de Bagneux near Paris, and it was not until 1930 that her embittered family allowed her body to be moved to rest beside Modigliani.

Modigliani artful links

Modigliani: Beyond the Myth
May 21, 2004 - September 19, 2004. The Jewish Museum presents the first major exhibition of Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) in New York since his 1951 retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art.

An anomaly among the many foreign Jewish artists who lived in Paris during the early 1900s, Modigliani remained independent of any movement or style, and was known primarily for his reclining nudes and portraits with elegantly elongated features. Modigliani: Beyond the Myth shows the full range of the artist's oeuvre - painting, drawing and sculpture - in an effort to reevaluate his position within the development of twentieth-century European modernism.

Modigliani and His Models
Amedeo Modigliani painted people. In many ways this concise statement sums up the artist's entire output during his short career in Paris in the first two decades of the twentieth century. No other modern artist concentrated so absolutely on the representation of people.

Olga's Gallery of Modigliani - Amedeo Modigliani at Artprice. To look at auction records, find Modigliani's works in upcoming auctions, check price levels and indexes for his works, read his biography and view his signature, access the Artprice database.

Are you an art enthusiast who’s discovered Modigliani? Have you seen his life story featuring Andy Garcia? Own any of his work? What’s your favorite?

History: Amedeo Modigliani : Artist was originally created on Squidoo by JaguarJulie on November 24, 2007. Highest lensrank ever achieved: #7,379 overall. Lens #162 in the quest for Giant Squid 200 Club.

Falbo Art

Anthony Falbo Abstract, Cubist and Cubestractions Art. Colorful cubism and Cubestractions! In the spotlight today, Anthony Falbo Art and his Cubestractions Series. It's been several years since I acquired my first piece of this artist's beautiful art.

China Lady by Anthony Falbo

Personally, I love vivid colors and interesting shapes and was immediately drawn to his work. His Cubestractions Series are my favorite.

I now have four works from Anthony Falbo art which are hanging predominantly in my art gallery of a house. Over the years, I've gotten hooked on collecting artwork. And, love what I've collected of Falbo art!

If you aren't yet familiar with the prolific and colorful work of Anthony Falbo, let me show you some >>> If you're an art enthusiast and appreciate colorful cubism, check out the artist and his art! His art is totally Falbo-licious! His art is a blend of Abstract, Cubist and Cubestractions! Very colorful too.

Photo Credit: That's China Lady owned and photographed by JaguarJulie.

The Falbo Art Poll

Hey, all you art enthusiasts out there. Are you a fan of Anthony Falbo's art?

1. Yes -- absolutely and I an an owner
2. Yes -- yet I haven't bought any of his artwork
3. No -- not yet 

Learn More About the Art of Cubism and Picasso
The inspiration behind Anthony Falbo Cubestraction Series of Art!

• Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
• Picasso and Braque Pioneering Cubism
• Cubism and 20th Century Art

A bit of background on Falbo

Anthony Falbo was born and raised in Flint Michigan. His fascination with color and paint began at a very young age when he began to painted his first oil painting. Studying some of the great masters work, Anthony was fascinated with Rembrandt. Learning about light and shadows in Rembrandts work gave Anthony a foundation to stride for.

Anthony worked many jobs after graduating from school, getting married and raising a family. After many years Anthony decided to pursue his first calling as an artist.

Working 19 years now as a full time artist, Anthony feels he is still at the beginning of creating his finest works.

Working in many different styles gives Anthony more opportunities to express himself and get his point across. Anthony states that he works this way to keep himself from getting burned out, and that he likes to reach out to all people who love different forms of art. He is best known for his Light And Dark series, Cubestraction Series, Genesis, and Impressionist series.

My Falbo Art! Cubestraction Limited Edition Art
I am naturally drawn to this style - it fits with my other work by this artist. And, it is like having an affordable Picasso-inspired piece!

China Lady - Artist Proof - AP1/1

China Lady by Anthony Falbo

China Lady is from the series “Cubestraction.” It is an original limited edition print that I acquired quite a few years ago.

I saw this art on eBay and placed my bid. Well, soon it turned into a bidding war and my final winning bid was much higher than it should have been.

I reached out to the artist and mentioned how interesting the bidding had been. He got back to me and asked if I would be willing to try an artist’s proof on some new paper stock that he was trying. I said, “Yes.” And was delighted to see the much bigger art print.

China Lady hangs in a prominent position in my front foyer.

A Cat Named Picasso - Giclee Limited Edition Print - 1/395

A Cat Named Picasso by Anthony Falbo

This is another of my all-time favorites from this artist! It is called “A Cat Named Picasso” is also from the series “Cubestraction.”

It is an original giclee limited edition print.

Previously, this cat art was hanging in my hot pink bathroom because that was the last available wall space. Today, I am happy to say that this art has found a new spot in my spare bedroom. ’ve got a really bright and fresh green on the walls and that offsets the colorful art quite nicely.

I’ve also got another bit of cat art in that room; it’s Cat in a Mask.

Daisies and Tulips - Limited Edition Print - 23/200

Daisies and Tulips
by Anthony Falbo

I simply adore this art! It is from the “Cubestraction” series and is an original limited edition art print.

This delightful work was previously hanging in my home office, but today it finds its place in my front art sitting room.

The walls of that room are painted in a deep eggplant-like purple called Forget-Me-Not.

It really makes a difference how you present this type of art as a purple wall makes all the colors pop.

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Opening Nite
by Anthony Falbo

You might have guessed that this is from the same series as the other work I’ve presented. It is a “Cubestraction.”

This original limited edition art print is now hanging next to my bed in my master bedroom. Those walls are painted a really bright sunny yellow color.

This work caught my eye because it features ballerinas.

As a child, my sister and I studied ballet along with other dance styles.

I guess you could say that I felt a connection to this work.


The Anthony Falbo Art Fan Club
Are you an art enthusiast? Do you love cubism? Please sign my guestbook and tell me what art you like and collect!

History: Anthony Falbo Art : Cubestractions was originally created on Squidoo by JaguarJulie on August 12, 2007. Highest lensrank ever achieved: #1,845 overall. Lens #65 in the quest for Giant Squid 100 Club Charter Member 2007.