Madame Amédée (Woman with Cigarette)
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 100.3 x 64.8 cm (39 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.) framed: 114.9 x 80.6 x 6.3 cm (45 1/4 x 31 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Chester Dale Collection
Accession Number
1963.10.172
Art Historical Context
Amedeo Modigliani’s *Madame Amédée (Woman with Cigarette)* captures the quiet elegance of a modern woman in 1918. Painted in oil on canvas during the final years of the artist’s life, the work belongs to his celebrated series of portraits created in Paris. Modigliani, an Italian painter working within the vibrant School of Paris, often depicted friends and models with a distinctive sensitivity that blends intimacy and stylization. The painting showcases Modigliani’s signature approach: elongated forms, simplified features, and a warm, earthy palette that gives his figures a sculptural presenc...
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...