A major exhibition on Modigliani sheds new light on the artist’s way of working

Classically trained in his native Italy, Modigliani was one of many young artists who converged on Paris in the early 20th century. But the avant-garde achievements of his short career were long overshadowed by his bohemian life story. Nicknamed “Modi,” a pun on “maudit,” the French word for “cursed,” he became involved in a series of turbulent love affairs, lived in poverty, struggled with alcoholism and substance abuse, and died. of tuberculosis at just 35 years of age.