Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and figures that were not received well during his lifetime, but later became much sought-after.

What age did Modigliani die?

The artist succumbed to his nearly two decades-long battle with tuberculosis at the age of 35. His final lover, Jeanne Hébuterne, then pregnant with their second child, claimed her life two days later.

What happened to Modigliani?

He died in 1920 of tubercular meningitis, exacerbated by poverty, overwork, and addiction to alcohol and narcotics.