To mark the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Modigliani’s passing, this documentary film explores the life and work of artiste maudit Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), rebel, scandalous genius, and indisputable master of 20th century art.
Modigliani lived a short, tormented life, narrated here from an original point of view, that of his young common-law wife, Jeanne Hébuterne who committed suicide two days after his death. Jeanne, together with the Russian aspiring poetess Anna Achmatova, and the English journalist Beatrice Hastings were the women he painted portraits of, and whose faces, almost caryatid-like, became the very icons of his art.
The screening will be accompanied by an introduction on the artist by Gloria Williams Sander, Curator at the Norton Simon Museum.