Jeanne Hébuterne

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Jeanne Hébuterne: Amedeo Modigliani

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Work Overview: Jeanne Hébuterne
Amedeo Modigliani
1919
oil on canvas
91.4 x 73 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jeanne Hébuterne (6 April 1898 – 26 January 1920) was a French artist, best known as the frequent subject and common-law wife of the artist Amedeo Modigliani.

Described by the writer Charles-Albert Cingria (fr) (1883–1954) as gentle, shy, quiet, and delicate, Jeanne Hébuterne became a principal subject for Modigliani's art. In the fall of 1918, the couple moved to the warmer climate of Nice on the French Riviera where Modigliani's agent hoped he might raise his profile by selling some of his works to the wealthy art connoisseurs who wintered there. While they were in Nice, their daughter was born on 29 November. The following spring, they returned to Paris and Jeanne became pregnant again. By this time, Modigliani was suffering from tuberculous meningitis and his health, made worse by complications brought on by substance abuse, was deteriorating badly.

Modigliani depicted his mistress, Jeanne Hébuterne (1898-1920), in more than twenty works but never in the nude. Her casual white chemise suggests modesty while also hiding her pregnancy. When Modigliani died from tuberculosis in 1920, Jeanne committed suicide the following day.

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