The Modigliani Initiative is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization dedicated to supporting the artistic legacy of the renowned, early twentieth-century artist Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (1884–1920).
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The Modigliani Initiative strives to serve as a collaborative platform for examining and documenting the life of the artist, his work, and his artistic milieu.
The organization maintains a state-of-the-art database of Modigliani’s known works. With user-friendly search features, this repository fosters scholarly analysis and the ability to cross-reference works of art, dealers, collectors, exhibitions, and related literature.
We will gradually make this information freely available to the public through the Amedeo Modigliani Digital Catalogue (AMDC). Now online, the first phase of the AMDC focuses on the 59 paintings in public institutions in the United States that are published in Ambrogio Ceroni’s 1970 catalogue.
Spotlight will periodically present short essays on the latest research findings and overlooked aspects of Modigliani’s life and circle. This feature of the website will focus on the individuals—models, collectors, friends, and lesser-known art dealers in Modigliani’s circle—whose stories enrich the provenance of his works and, at the same time, contribute to the scholarship on the artist.
In Modigliani Reconsidered, we present essays that are based on recently discovered information about provenance, exhibitions, or literary references, and which shed new light on Modigliani’s oeuvre. New facts often raise new questions andour goal is to foster continued scholarly dialogue.
