Modigliani - the artist of the bohemian life in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century
Seated woman in a Blue Dress, 1918 The Ateneum art museum in the middle of Helsinki offers very good international exhibitions besides its own collections based on Finnish art. You can often see interesting art by big names of art history. One of the best exhibition I ever seen in Ateneum was Pablo Picasso’s huge exhibition in 2012. Now we can admire the art by the Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) until 5th February. Besides the art the exhibition tells about the short life of the artist. He died at the early age of 35. What you perhaps remember best of Modigliani’s art are the very special portraits with their angular face, almond-shaped eyes and long necks and hands. Modigliani, photo by Marc Vaux. At total there are 83 paintings, sculptures and paper-based works on display. Modigliani moved to Paris in 1906. He was interested in the art of Pablo Picasso, Paul Cézanne, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Paul Gaug...