Amadeo Modigliani

             Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (12 July 1884 - 24 January 1920) was an Italian Jewish painter and sculptor who
   worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by elongation of faces and
   figures, that were not received well during his lifetime, but later found acceptance. Modigliani spent his youth in Italy,
   where he studied the art of antiquity and the Renaissance, until he moved to Paris in 1906. There he came into contact
   with prominent artists such as Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brancusi.
             Modigliani's creations includes paintings and drawings. From 1909 to 1914, however, he devoted himself mainly
   to sculpture. His main subject was portraits and full figures of humans, both in the images and in the sculptures. During his
   life, Amedeo Modigliani had little success, but after his death he achieved greater popularity and his works of art achieved
   high prices. He died at age 35 in Paris of tubercular meningitis.