Artwork: Portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne
Artist: Amedeo Modigliani
Created: 1919
Medium and support: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 100 x 64.7 cm
Location: Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA
“In 1917, Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) met Jeanne Hébuterne, a student who worked as an artist’ model.
Their relationship led her to be renounced by her Roman Catholic family – Modigliani was famous for living a debauched life. In 1918 the couple moved fro Paris to Nice , where Hébuterne gave birth to girl. When the artist died in 1920 from tubercular meningitis, Jeanne was heavily pregnant; she committed suicide two days after his death. Here, the influence of primitive art on Modigliani’s work is clear. The face – with almond eyes and its elongated neck and nose – recalls African masks, an aesthetic being explored by avant-garde artists at the time. The emphasis on Jeanne’s large hips and thighs alludes to the form of fertility goddess.
There is a somber overtone to the work – the warm colors of the woman and her sweater, deeply contrast with the gray interior in which she is depicted.” JJ
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