Modigliani
Amedeo
[ah-me-de-aw] /ˌɑ mɛˈdɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1920, Italian painter and sculptor in France.
Contemporary Examples
He loved early 20th-century paintings, especially by Modigliani, Picasso, Leger, and Rouault.
Why I Admired a Porn King Alan M. Dershowitz October 21, 2010
Schaeffer remembers his father squirming when Pat Robertson talked about burning a reproduction of a nude by Modigliani.
Frank Schaeffer, the Atheist Who Believes in God Nick Tabor August 2, 2014
noun
Amedeo (ameˈdɛːo). 1884–1920, Italian painter and sculptor, noted esp for the elongated forms of his portraits
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