Van wie was Amedeo Modigliani?

Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (US: ; Italian: [ameˈdɛːo modiʎˈʎaːni]; 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. By 1912, Modigliani was exhibiting highly stylised sculptures with Cubists of the Section d'Or group at the Salon d'Automne.

Modigliani's oeuvre includes paintings and drawings. From 1909 to 1914, he devoted himself mainly to sculpture. His main subjects were portraits and full figures, both in images and in the sculpture. Modigliani had little success while alive but after his death achieved great popularity. He died of tubercular meningitis, at the age of 35, in Paris.

Beatrice Hastings, eigenlijk Emily Alice Haigh (Londen, 12 mei 1879 - Worthing, West Sussex, 30 oktober 1943) was een Engels schrijfster, dichteres, journaliste en kunstcriticus. Ze werd vooral bekend als muze en model van Amedeo Modigliani.

Jeanne Hébuterne (Meaux, 6 april 1898 – Parijs, 26 januari 1920) was een Frans kunstschilderes en model. Ze werd vooral bekend door de vele portretten die haar geliefde Amedeo Modigliani van haar maakte.