Amedeo Modigliani prints are amongst the most popular online of any 20th century Italian artist and the reputation of this artist has spread all over the world due to the quality and uniqueness of his portrait paintings which are best remembered for the depiction of a selection of nude models that Modigliani used during his time living in the French capital, Paris.
Amedeo Modigliani is the most famous nude portrait painter from the early 20th century and produced many of these paintings as well as other types of portraits and sculptures. This article covers the full career of Modigliani and uncovers why so many love to buy art print reproductions of his original paintings. There is no doubt that the artist is best remembered for his nude portraits which covered series of works around a small number of his favourite models that he would use in Paris, France where he settled after moving from his native Italy with the intention of introducing new ideas into both his life and artistic development. Paris at that time was possibly the number one destination for aspiring artists with creativity and innovation supported by the public as well as the tight knit local community of artists. The style used by Modigliani within his paintings makes them ideal choices as art print reproductions, with framed giclee art prints, posters and stretched canvases proving the most popular and accurate versions of the artist's original works. The pencil sketches and sculptures from Amedeo Modigliani's career also attract great interest and are often studied in detail in their own right. The drawings themselves offer an insight into the illustrative ability of the artist and also underline how he would go about preparing for a new oil painting. Summarising the career of Modigliani into key pieces, it can be said that his best known oil paintings were Reclining Nude, Self Portrait, Woman in Large Hat, Woman with Red Hair, Large Seated Nude Woman, Seated Nude, Jeanne Hebuterne, Naked Woman, Pencil Sketches, Woman with a Fan and Nude with Necklace. Sculptures included Head of a Woman, Head and Rose Caryatid. It is the nude series that attracts most attention but the model Jeanne Hebuterne played an important role within the life of Amedeo and as such her series of portraits are also well documented and give crucial detail on both the life and career of Modigliani. Conclusively, Amedeo Modigliani is one of the most important painters from the early 20th century and was highly influential in the portrait painting field, where he devoted most of his time and also used an interesting series of models within his work. Modigliani prints remain amongst the most popular of modern Italian artists thanks to his devotion to nude portraits which has a large following in the present day.
