Naked attraction: art and tragic tales in Modigliani’s Paris | Droolin Dog dot Net

As Tate Modern prepares a new exhibition of his work, including 12 of his famous nudes, Louise Roddon explores the artist's haunts in Montmartre and Montparnasse Poor Amedeo Modigliani, what a tough life he led. I'm thinking this as I climb the steps to his last studio in Montparnasse. It's a classic artist's garret with peeling paint and poor lighting, and climbing the countless floors on a narrow stone tread, leaves me winded. It wouldn't have been easy for a man with advanced tuberculosis. With Tate Modern about to stage its Modigliani exhibition, I've come to number 8 Rue de la Grande-Chaumière, his final home before he died tragically young in 1920. At 35, he wasn't just a victim of TB, but was suffering the toll of a lifetime's enthusiasm for alcohol and drugs. Continue reading… Source: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/nov/19/naked-attraction-art-modigliani-paris-montmartre-montparnasse Tags: #news, #TopNews, Arts and stuff | #Art, news, UK and EU | #Europe, World News | #WorldNews, #LatestNews, News

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