Classically trained in his native Italy, Modigliani was one of the many young artists who converged in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. But the avant-garde achievements of his short career have long been overshadowed by the story of his bohemian life. Nicknamed “Modi”, a pun on “maudit”, the French word for “cursed”, he was involved in a series of turbulent love affairs, lived in poverty, struggled with alcoholism and substance abuse, and died. of tuberculosis at only 35 years of age.
