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NAME: Amedeo Modigliani
OCCUPATION: Painter, Sculptor
BIRTH DATE: July 12, 1884
DEATH DATE: January 24, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH: Livorno, Italy
PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France

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Amedeo Modigliani was an Italian modern artist; a painter and sculptor known for his simplified and elongated forms.

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Amedeo Modigliani was on born July 12, 1884 in Livorno, Italy. After studying in Italy, Modigliani settled in Paris and exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants. Following the advice of Brancusi, he studied and was influenced by African sculpture. In 1917 he began painting a series of female nudes that are among his best works. Modigliani died in 1920 of tuberculosis at age 35.

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