Description
Amedeo Modigliani – Gypsy Woman with Baby
Year of creation: | 1919 |
Original size: | 73 cm x 115.9 cm |
Painting style: | Expressionism |
Original technique: | Oil on canvas |
Located: | National Gallery of Art in Washington, Chester Dale Collection, USA
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The painting was made during the painter’s stay in the south of France. The contrast of warm and cool tones is particularly pronounced in the blanket in which the child is wrapped, resting in his mother’s sun-tanned arms. Behind the mother and child, rays of sunlight glisten on the wall.
