Good choice! Modigliani really knew how to capture a woman's essence in paint. Seeing this, it's hard to believe that -as the story goes- he only painted because he couldn't afford the necessary materials to make sculptures...
How to capture what a woman represents: her body, her soul, her breath in your mouth, her love. Photographs can catch the appearance, poetry the feelings, but painting gets the essence, and fixes it on paper through the filter of the eye, the mind, and the hand. This is how artists see women through the centuries.
Good choice! Modigliani really knew how to capture a woman's essence in paint. Seeing this, it's hard to believe that -as the story goes- he only painted because he couldn't afford the necessary materials to make sculptures...
ReplyDeletePoor and ill, brilliant and fascinating. One of my favourites. Thanks for the comments!
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