Amedeo Modigliani
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (July 12, 1884 – January 24, 1920) was born into a Jewish family in Livorno, Italy. Was an Italian artist who worked mainly in France. Primarily a figurative artist, he became known for paintings and sculptures in a modern style characterized by mask-like faces and elongation of form. He died in Paris of tubercular meningitis, exacerbated by poverty, overwork, and addiction to alcohol.
Self-portrait, 1919, oil on canvas, Museum of Contemporary Art, São Paulo, Brazil