Magnet Amedeo Modigliani - Elvira Resting at a Table, 1919

This magnet was created for the exhibition "Amedeo Modigliani. A painter and his dealer" at the musée de l'Orangerie From September 20th, 2023 to January 15th, 2024

Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)
Elvira Resting at a Table (details), 1919
Oil on canvas, H. 92,7; L. 60,5 cm
Saint-Louis, Saint Louis Art...

This magnet was created for the exhibition "Amedeo Modigliani. A painter and his dealer" at the musée de l'Orangerie From September 20th, 2023 to January 15th, 2024

Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)
Elvira Resting at a Table (details), 1919
Oil on canvas, H. 92,7; L. 60,5 cm
Saint-Louis, Saint Louis Art Museum, donated by Joseph Pulitzer Jr. in memory of his wife, Louise Vauclain Pulitzer
© Image Courtesy of the Saint Louis Art Museum

This woman was one of Amedeo Modigliani's favorite models, a young worker known only by her first name, Elvira. Her bright blue, almond-shaped eyes reflect the artist's trademark interest in stylized forms. Modigliani, an Italian by birth, moved to Paris early in his career and became a central figure in the avant-garde "School of Paris," an artist group based in Montparnasse. He painted this portrait the year before his death from tuberculosis at the age of 35.