How Modigliani Painted His Wife

[@johnnzboy]

Intriguing vid. Forgive the pedantry but for future reference 'gli' in Italian is like 'lyi', so there's no 'g' sound in 'Modigliani' (mo-dee-lyi-AHN-ee)

[@markwilliams2620]

Thanks, man. Been getting it wrong all these decades.

[@clacclackerson3678]

He could also learn how to pronounce Vincent's surname correctly.

[@IlastarothTayre]

thank you for saying that! I'm Italian and every time he mentioned his name I felt a twinge, I don't expect everyone to know the rules of foreign languages, but a little research on pronunciation goes a long way to make video essays like this feel more professional and well-thought. I love this channel, it deserves such quality

[@Vesnicie]

@@clacclackerson3678 I don't have enough phlegm in my throat for that one

[@crispycod3361]

@@IlastarothTayre si anchio ogni volta che tirava fuori il suo nome cringiavo un po , sono contento di sapere che gli italiani guardano questo canale

[@markwilliams2620]

Excellent work, as usual.

[@TheMightyPika]

that 1919 portrait reminds me about that Robert Crumb was saying about exaggeration in visual arts, about how by careful exaggeration of features you can make the image 'feel' like Truth.

[@GrantTarredus]

I’m first delighted by your connecting these two such disparate artists, and then reminded of the comment attributed to Picasso (which I’ll likely paraphrase badly) to the effect that “Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.” If anyone here knows, did Picasso actually say this?

[@superbere]

NEVER PRESSED A NOTIFICATION FASTER THAN THIS

[@joseleon7359]

Not fastest that me

[@icomment45]

🤣

[@williamroberts1819]

Same

[@Transconaslim7075]

I love the long faces, long noses and long necks - I find that when I do faces they tend to be long like that. It makes me think on how I try to practice anatomy, getting faces, hands, proportions perfect when it can be more evocative and “real” to the emotion without that.

[@AFirestone1974]

Picasso's last words were "Modigliani"

[@thisisanexonym]

Excellent video. I'm barely familiar with Modigliani but the micro expressions in all of the paintings you chose were evocative, like someone who's reached a threshold where sweeping gestures are found in the sweet nothings we keep up with over the course of a long time. To paint her several times, consistently having the same core essence in each painting, it's like a sweeping gesture that transcends any one symbolic representation like Aphrodite coming down from the sky to meet the painter. I look at these paintings and I see the little things that we keep up with, the things that are seemingly impossible to convey with just one painting. Those tiny smirks, considering how it was still exciting to model after time and time again... That's hard to find.

[@scoggers1628]

Twice in the last couple of years I've seen some of Modigliani's paintings at different exhibitions in Shanghai, including the reclining nude shown at the start of this video. I enjoyed and appreciated them, but couldn't say they captivated or deeply moved me. Prior to this video I wasn't too aware of Modigliani's life, and certainly not of the story of his death and the subsequent fate of his lover, so thank you for exploring the context of his work and sharing it here.

[@bzxshor67mpts]

Well said .I feel much the same about his Artwork.

[@bzxshor67mpts]

I would love you to review Odd Nerdrum s work. He is brilliant and has a wonderful story with his relationship with Titian and Rembrandt. Painting for eternity

[@cgautz]

Thanks!

[@tokctoo]

The G in his name is silent - and here you learned something about the artist.

[@kjcs_1896]

I always loved the way Modigliani painted faces. Great video!

[@NatPix]

My mom introduced me to Modigliani when I was a little kid because she thought my drawings of people looked like his. I also remember a portrait of his, that last one that is the focus in this video, on the wall of the set for the old TV show Bewitched.

[@chubpilo]

Her artwork seems so beautifull

[@thecitizen49]

I'm glad to see you posting again. I'm always impressed with your stories about art. I consider myself an artist of acrylic on canvas but I'm had trouble being motivated to continue to paint on several unfinished works. Maybe now I feel motivated to pick up my paint brush. Thank you.

[@eileendonald8628]

Even with the suppressed eyes, you can still feel the emotion of his portraits. When he did capture the look in his wife’s eyes, it is mesmerizing.

[@thecarhistoryguy10]

maybe a video about kafka? not a painter but a fine artist in literature indeed. pure beauty in his philosophy - kafkaesque.

[@gregoryfreeman2269]

Modigliani and Berger: two of my favorite participants in the history of the 'Art Game'.

[@sugar.free_mint]

Your videos like this are pure perfection, the calm voice and music makes the atmosphere even better.. Could you please consider doing a video about Jakub Schikaneder someday?

[@FedericoMontesdeoca-p7h]

5:28 literally heartbreaking

[@Proctophile]

Hopefully you can get through this period of change without too much difficulty. While we don't often agree on anything, I genuinely appreciate your thoughts and look forward to getting more of them in the future

[@okai7er]

I wonder, what must have happened to the first child?

[@AngelOneiros]

She was adopted by her paternal aunt, raised in Italy, and became an artist herself

[@tylerattwood9392]

​@@AngelOneiros Thank heavens

[@SepulvedaBoulevard]

Very nice. I've always been ambivalent about Modigliani and I think you explained why. Nice to have a new look❤

[@ThePopUpH8r]

Love your love with love

[@5ym0n]

Interesting and well documented

[@iiculer]

I wonder if these nude paintings actually hold as much value and depth as we interpret them to be.

[@bbjeppson]

Moe -dillyee ah nee

[@ivanordonez1183]

More than one missed you here. Thanks fkr the video!

[@captainarf4278]

Honestly i kind of hate how a lot of art analysis ends up using artworks as a medium for stories around the works and not about the works themselves, it feels somehow diminishing of visual art for it to most often be used as a platform to discuss the story of the person behind the art as if the only use is to peek behind the canvas at the "celebrity" that paints it. Does the purely visual have no value of we cannot weave words around it?

[@josephwalsh7546]

You totally nailed it !

[@nikitahichoii482]

He said that he doesnt like the paintings themselves multiple times, he stated why, thats why he tried to give this focus on Modigliani This is personal but I do agree with the point, Modigliani is not really that interesting visually or technically, is the story behind him that makes him interesting

[@refugeinthewind]

Another perfect story...and I believe many "technique" works have similar back stories that give them real depth once known. Im very interested to hear what has been going on with you. Please stay well and intriguing...🙏

[@GrantTarredus]

I’ve always loved Modigliani. I l laugh now thinking back on myself as an art student (at the Savannah College of Art and Design in the mid ‘80s) who asked a professor why the distortions of Modigliani worked, as if a mathematical formula might tell us. Thank you for this, and for all you’ve given me before.

[@rradiosilencee]

reading this as i sit in my dorm dining hall at SCAD

[@GrantTarredus]

@@rradiosilencee Salutations from a SCAD “kid” so ancient he was there when Poetter Hall held nearly every classroom… AND the library (on the 2nd floor)! If I was any older I might have known Modigliani. Cherish this experience. Keep a journal. Tell your friends you love them. Walk as much as possible; it’s a gorgeous city. Feel confident as a creative spirit, strong in your mind and body. Make art and don’t give a damn what anyone says or thinks about it. Laugh hysterically in public, dress as you please. You’re the only @rradiosilencee in the entire world!

[@Konspirantas]

I appreciate your videos incredibly! still, adjust your lens distortion. The shot is beautiful, soft and clear, but it appears your software messed up the lens preset or you are too close and too zoomed out for the shot. other than that, could you perhaps discuss the movements in contemporary "environmentscape art"(landscapes are too narrow of a definition these days)? I would love to hear more of your critiques on the contemporary takes of these classical subject matters.

[@Konspirantas]

disregard my lens comment if it indeed was a purposeful creative decision btw

[@Ronnie-Bagpipe]

Love the channel dude, keep up the great work! Btw id love to see a video about artists with aphantasia (a condition where you lack the ability to picture images in your brain). idk if you can find a lot about this topic in the art world but it would be an interesting topic

[@feyn5869]

my favourite painter!

[@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation]

Thank you so much for these insights. I look forward to your videos. Would you please make a video on Yves Tanguy and the very smooth and contoured figures he paints. His painting "Through Birds Through Fire But Not Through Glass" ( 1943 ) would be an excellent choice. Thank you for sharing your wisdom ! Warm Regards - John

[@gnomefrancis]

what a great video

[@CHM0419]

Modigliani's contemporaries used to call him Peintre Maudit, which in French translates to "Cursed Painter." But I never saw him as cursed but rather with true Meraki.

[@edvonblue]

never knew about Modigliani??? da fuck?

[@craigbrush5784]

As an Australian, perhaps you might like to have a look at (Sir) Sidney Nolan and Arthur Boyd, and their take on the Australian landscape and mythology. And interest in Australian Indigenous peoples

[@alessiapodgorica1260]

Their interaction was known as a very tense love relationship and I don't find their story idealised or too much romanticized. Even the whole series of her portraits from him seem realistically intimate. Modigliani represented his human contacts in his work. Every portrait he made for people he knew is like a tribute, and his style remains very unique in the modern art area. Maybe he didn't tell us many stories of the time he lived like many other artists did, but still we have an eye on what he experienced.

[@king53_]

i love your content

[@bitten1406]

thank you!

[@MikeyiGuesss]

Another solid vid

[@Narmatonia]

If we’re talking about commenter suggestions, I would love a video on Sadko and/or Religious Processsion in Kursk Province by Ilya Repin

[@TheDisquietingNight]

Call me philistine, but wasnt this part of a substory in Red Dead Redemption 2?

[@cryptidhd1056]

Damn Châtenay 💀

[@dennydoran6526]

Thank you, I love your voice.

[@marubinger]

bro was lowkey freaky

[@fondnessknocks]

maybe i missed something but wondering how to join the discord community? says link is expired

[@Shane-pq4wi]

No unwavering dedication to fans? 😢

[@AndriasHgenni]

Thank you for yet another great video! Would love to hear your oppinion on "Aftur av jarðarferð" (After the funeral) by Sámal Joensen-Mikines - One of the most renowned paintings from the Faroe Islands.

[@graham2235]

I think his work is largely lost to time. The impact of the original work came from it creative and new expression. That creativity and novelty simply doesn’t exist anymore.

[@jacobreina9060]

I love every video you make, and it's not enough to say you have an impressive eye for art. Can you please also do a video on Kamal-ol-Molk, especially his painting "Talar-e Ayaneh" ("Mirror Hall")? Please and thank you 🙏

[@konradsimon4924]

Love your voice

[@Xeronimo74]

The thumbnail is quite the clickbait though ;)

[@Nettai]

Hope the residency is going well!

[@Shawn.Grenier]

It is ! It’s mostly people from Quebec, but we had two Americans so far!!

[@mohammadmirza84]

Wish i had a wife like that

[@zosasho8036]

I hope there are still people that hold love in such high regard, as they did in the past

[@mohammadmirza84]

@@zosasho8036 there are, theyre out there. Sometimes you gotta dig a little to find the gem, but when you do it'll be entirely worth it.

[@Atis602]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful but tragic story. I will not add any of my own position but perhaps you would consider looking at the photograph White Angel Bread Line by the well known photographer Dorothea Lange and the painting Untitled by the contemporary artist Fabian Perez and offering your thoughts on it. Being that this is a contemporary artist you may be hesitant but I am often surprised by your perspective and you may enlighten me in a way I didn't even consider.

[@SteeleJohnson-o7u]

this channel made me realize how dogwater the old masters of art were and validated my choice to study art exclusively through rule 34 god bless 🙏

[@enda2point0]

Odd one but seldom spoken about, even in his country, but I think you could find intrest in the Russian Symbolist Mikhail Vrubel particularly "The Demon (Seated)" Camila Gray describes him as "a man obsessed with a demon".

[@doofenshmirtz2536]

Please do a video on danecube7397🙏

[@Wyattinous]

Canvas on a Sunday?! Colored me blessed! ❤ Damn Modigliani was a lucky man bagging his own Mrs. Incredible 😍⌛️ Edit: well this all took a sad turn of events 😢 Now I’m just a sad sandwich on a Sunday 😓

[@Fasaiemaryam]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@fireblockerblocker3792]

Do a video on Giaccometti's Portrait's of Yanaihara

[@anarchophantomism]

nice vid

[@plantguy3346]

So can I get back on the discord my old account was taken down

[@battleelf6523]

SILENT G?

[@thesegreydays]

W wife

[@bishopoftroy]

A small suggestion if i may: it is pronounced mo-dee-lee-ah-nee, without the g.

[@timekeeper2738]

hey man i know it isn't something you really look at but id love if you delved into the ledger art, historical and contemporary of plains tribes of the united states and canada

[@lakshmanankomathmanalath]

😊👍

[@orkanvatra8321]

Brother, it's Modiљani. Gli is pronounced in different way. Check it out in Google translate or sonewhere else on internet. Nice video nevertheless!

[@numbersix8919]

Thanks for pointing this out. I'm uncertain about your use of "romanticism" ... he should be compared to Schiele and Klimt, the cubists and fauves. But in a different direction. I see materialist humanism in this love.

[@boijunior123]

modiGliani😂

[@hdysicjegk]

Isn’t this kind of a morbidly voyeuristic (and perhaps dismissive) way to consider the art of someone you think has bad technique or style? You’d think you could at least look up how to pronounce the guys name before saying his work is only good through the roundabout suicide of his wife.

[@huxlee3947]

MO-DI-LYANI. You butchered it so many times. Overanalyzing at its worst. One of the greatest painters of all time, but you'll never get that.

[@rosa97509]

ily but the pronounciation made me giggle every time lol, the g sound shouldnt be so pronounced

[@est8793]

They look like something a high school artist might do.

[@miltonwelch4177]

To pronounce an artist's name correctly would have been a good start! Mu ears hurt.

[@coffeepot3123]

The curves of those painting are illegally devilish!. Women gotta leave us alone man so we can reach bro nirvana.

[@josephwalsh7546]

For those of us who would like to hear about the art and don't really give a crap about the soap opera back story, this review was very disappointing. ( If I want a story I'll read a novel. )

[@mojosbigsticks]

You're honest, but could you be more condescending?

[@MattTactacan]

What makes you feel this way

[@zetectic7968]

Interesting & I never knew that there was a tragic ending. Sorry I can't see the smiles and the distorted faces give an unreal aspect to the figures. Please don't disrespect the artist by mispronouncing the man's name! It is NOT van Go

[@lucaglaser6366]

You would really benefit the 5 mins research on Name pronounciation. For any non american, its quite exhausting to listen tbh

[@joseleon7359]

Last

[@noeraldinkabam]

Well, this was depressing: “I barely know Modigliani” to “He does nothing for me” to “Part of his work is interesting because the subject loved him so much she committed sew&side” Why not just not do a video!?

[@Maxdamageplus]

Please do a video on Danecube7397🙏