by Henri Colt M.D.
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Imagine being “Modigliani” — young, talented, and charming. Allegedly, he was also an alcohol-abusing painter and tuberculosis-plagued, philandering Jewish-Italian bad-boy competing for recognition with the greatest artists of early 20th century Bohemian Paris. Like most of us, Modi wanted to be remembered. Today, he is among the few, like Elvis, Marilyn, and Picasso, whose singular name evokes a response and whose work is immediately recognizable.
Becoming Modigliani provides a compassionate new look at his legend. In this biography by an internationally known lung specialist who spent a lifetime caring for people on the fringes of death, Colt uses an engrossing medical throughline to paint a vivid picture of Modigliani’s artistic process, his struggles with poverty and addiction, and his complex relationships with the women in his life.
Thoroughly researched and expertly written, Becoming Modigliani provides a unique perspective of Modigliani’s embattled world of emotional, physical, and psychological burdens that will resonate with anyone interested in the human spirit.