worldpaintings: Amedeo Modigliani Young Red Head in an Evening Dress, 1918, oil on canvas, Barnes Foundation, Merion, Philadelphia, USA. Modigliani’s love of rusty and coppery reds is shown in the glorious hair of a young woman. She is dressed in a black evening gown and seated in a open pose. He frequently charged the flesh and hair colors of his sitters with gold and red tones to make them emerge from a background.

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Amedeo Modigliani

Young Red Head in an Evening Dress, 1918, oil on canvas, Barnes Foundation, Merion, Philadelphia, USA.

Modigliani’s love of rusty and coppery reds is shown in the glorious hair of a young woman. She is dressed in a black evening gown and seated in a open pose. He frequently charged the flesh and hair colors of his sitters with gold and red tones to make them emerge from a background.