KRUSZYNSKI,ANETTE
Modigliani painted human beigns. This succinct statement epitomizes the entire oeuvre of the artist who has been described in such a wealth of detail:Amedeo Modigliani, nicknamed "Dedo" or "Modí", hence the pun peintre maudit ("cursed painter") - the lover and drinking mate, the rowdy and daredevil, the sick and lonely expatriate. Unrecorded anecdotes about the Italian in Paris abound, and the many recorded legends can still be embroidered; yet all that he painted and all that survives of his art can be reduced to that single statement: Modigliani painted beings.