Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz
Amedeo Modigliani · 1916
Why it's great
A sculptor and his wife stand together, with calm, long faces, in a simple background. Modigliani painted his friend Jacques Lipchitz, a sculptor, and his bride, Berthe. They paid for the portrait, and Modigliani later added more work. It's a famous double portrait.
Where to see it
📍 Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, United States
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Amedeo Modigliani was born in Livorno, Italy, and moved to Paris in 1906. He painted and sculpted people with long necks, almond-shaped eyes, and elegant simplified faces. He was poor and ill throughout his short life and died in Paris at 35. Only after his death did his fame explode. Modigliani was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Italy and was proud of his heritage all his life.
