Portrait of Moise Kiesling
Amedeo Modigliani · 1915
Why it's great
Modigliani painted his friend, the painter Moïse Kisling, who was also Jewish and came from Kraków in Poland. The two artists lived and worked near each other in Paris and helped each other through poor times. The picture shows Kisling in warm tones and Modigliani's long, simple lines. It's a portrait of friendship between two outsiders who became part of the Paris art world.
Where to see it
📍 Pinacoteca di BreraMilan, Italy
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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.
