Modigliani was convinced Rodin and his followers had corrupted sculpture with an overreliance on clay—“too much mud,” he called it. Real sculptors, he declared, carved directly from stone. To do so ...

Amedeo Modigliani. Young Woman in a Yellow Dress (Renée Modot), 1918. This fall, the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia will present an exhibition about the working methods of Modigliani. An extensive ...

Contributing Correspondent, "CBS News Sunday Morning" Serena Altschul is a CBS News contributing correspondent and a contributor for "CBS News Sunday Morning." Narrow faces, haunting eyes, elongated ...

PARIS (Reuters) - A sculpture by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani has fetched 43.2 million euros (35.7 million pound) at a Paris sale, an auction record for the artist and the highest price paid for a ...

PARIS - A sculpted stone head by artist Amedeo Modigliani sold at Christie's in Paris on Monday for euro43.18 million ($52.8 million), breaking the record for a work by the Italian artist, the auction ...

Even people who don’t know much about art can tell you something about Amedeo Modigliani, the dissolute wild man of Montparnasse, wolfishly handsome, penniless, tubercular, drinking his way toward an ...

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden collection printout, 2008. Smithsonian Institution Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Independence Avenue at 8th Street, S.W Washington District of Columbia ...

Critic and Curator Uma Nair has been writing for the past 35 years on art and culture She has written as critic for Times of India and Economic Times. She believes that art is a progressive sojourn.

It’s a lively time for the art world in the French capital, with new art foundations, fresh outposts for major galleries and the city’s relative affordability. By Farah Nayeri In addition to Paris+ by ...

Known for his distinctive and highly stylized portraits and nudes, Amedeo Modigliani is one of the most renowned European painters of the 20 th century. But like many artists throughout history, his ...