Modigliani

Amedeo Modigliani · Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920) · 1884–1920

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What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mentions Modigliani briefly, but repeatedly between 2015 and 2025, and always from the same angle: what his painting owes to African art. He comments on no specific work and offers no reading of his painting. The mention comes up instead as an example, in sessions on varied subjects: mythology and truth, Popper, logics of the subject, worldliness in Clouscard, imaginary identity. His wording becomes more precise over time. In 2015 and 2019, he speaks in general terms of African masks1 or African sculpture2. From 2020 on, he refers more specifically to Senufo art, whether masks3 or faces. He also speaks of what Modigliani owes to this art4. In 2025, he links the faces Modigliani painted to the Senufo cloths of Korhogo5. The passages do not say what he draws from this comparison, beyond noting an influence.

Summary produced automatically from 6 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.

Who is this?

Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (US: ; Italian:; 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterised by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and figures — works that were not received well during his lifetime, but later became much sought after. Modigliani was born and spent his youth in Italy, where he studied the art of antiquity and the Renaissance. In 1906, he moved to Paris, where he came into contact with such artists as Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brâncuși. […]

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