Portrait of Paul Alexandre
c. 1909
Meet Paul Alexandre, the young doctor who became Amedeo Modigliani's first major patron and close friend in bohemian Paris. Drawn around 1909, this sketch captures Alexandre with a striking, geometric intensity that hints at the Cubist influences swirling through the art world at the time. Before Modigliani became famous for his impossibly long necks and almond-shaped eyes, he was experimenting with bold, structural lines like these, forever freezing his benefactor's intense gaze on paper.
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