Girl in a Sailor's Blouse
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
25 3/4 × 18 1/4 in. (65.4 × 46.4 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Charles F. Iklé, 1960
Accession Number
60.118
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About this artwork
Girl in a Sailor's Blouse is a paintings by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, created in 1918. The work was created using oil on canvas. It measures 25 3/4 × 18 1/4 in. (65.4 × 46.4 cm). The painting showcases the artistic techniques and aesthetic sensibilities of its era, reflecting both technical skill and cultural context. Artists of this period developed sophisticated approaches to composition, color, and subject matter that defined their artistic milieu. The work demonstrates mastery of the...
Art Historical Context
Amedeo Modigliani's *Girl in a Sailor'souse* (1918) captures the essence of early 20th-century Parisian bohemia through the Italian artist's distinctive portrait style. Painted in oil on canvas, this intimate work measures 25 3/4 × 18 1/4 inches and depicts a young woman with Modigliani's signature elongated, almond-shaped eyes, simplified yet expressive features. By 1918, as World War I drew to a close, Modigliani had refined his modernist approach, blending influences from African sculpture, Italian Renaissance, and the School of Paris to create stylized figures that convey quiet introspecti...
About the Artist
Amedeo Modigliani · 1884–1920
Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor whose elegant, elongated figures and portraits rank among the most instantly recognizable images in modern art. Born in Livorno, Tuscany, to a Sephardic Jewish family, he studied at the academies of Florence and Venice before moving permanently to Paris in 1906, where he immersed himself in the bohemian artistic milieu of Montmartre...