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(mō-dē′lē-ä′nē, mō′dē-lyä′nē), Amedeo 1884-1920.

Italian painter and sculptor noted for the graceful elongated lines of his portraits and nudes, including Reclining Nude (1917).

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Modigliani

(Italian modiʎˈʎaːni)

(Biography) Amedeo (ameˈdɛːo). 1884–1920, Italian painter and sculptor, noted esp for the elongated forms of his portraits

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Mo•di•glia•ni

(moʊˌdi liˈɑ ni, ˌmoʊ dilˈyɑ-)

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Amedeo, 1884–1920, Italian painter in France.

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The exhibition shows paintings of Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Henri Roussot, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Gustav Klimt, Paul Signac, Pete Mondrian, Amedeo Modigliani, Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Hu Gris, Paul Klee, Franz Mark, Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich through the projector on more than 500 square meters of fabric.

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