Author: June Rose. Published by Constable and Company, London, UK, 1990, 1st Edition. (This is the 1992 2nd Printing) Printed in Great Britain by BAS Printers, Wallop, Hampshire. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with minor cover scuff. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9.25 x 6.5 inch, 249 pages including index.
MODIGLIANI, The Pure Bohemian, by June Rose, is a grand portrait of the reknowned Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920).
At age 14 he fell seriously ill and, during periods of delirium, spoke of nothing but becoming an artist. His mother saw this desire as being her son's "strongest attachment to life" and later encouraged him to study art full time. Rose deftly describes Modigliani's odyssey through the art capitals of the world; the twists and turns of his career that took him from painting to sculpture and back to painting; and his relationships with artists like Picasso and Chagall. The book also reveals a complex triangle involving "Modi," as his friends called him, his lover Beatrice Hastings and homosexual poet Max Jacob, in which the three fell in and out of love with one another over many years.
"Forget what you 'think' you know about Modigliani and read this book. It is not only an insightful biography of the man and artist, but it strips away many of the myths that have arisen about his life and behavior. A very readable and thoughtful biography of a truly modern artist of a different sort. Highly recommended" -Reviewed by Nancy on Goodreads.
