Tsuguharu Foujita
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Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita was a Japanese-French painter. After studying Western-style painting in Japan, Foujita travelled to Paris, where he encountered the international modern art scene of the Mont
1930 autochrome by Georges Chevalier
Foujita in his studio
Portrait of Mr Kawashima and Foujita by Diego Rivera, (1914)
Kiki de Montparnasse and Tsuguharu Foujita, Paris, 1926, by Iwata Nakayama
Amedeo Modigliani
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Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterised by a surreal elong
Tsuguharu Foujita
…worked primarily in watercolor. His network soon included artists of many nationalities. After moving his studio to the Cité Falguière, he met painters Amedeo Modigliani and Chaim Soutine, he took dance classes with Raymond Duncan, and he visited the studios of Pablo Picasso and Diego Rivera. This fruitful encounter…
Modigliani c. 1918
Modigliani's birthplace in Livorno
Self portrait, 1899, private collection
Portrait of Pablo Picasso, 1915, private collection