Jeanne Hebuterne: This young woman with strikingly beautiful eyes has never left my mind. Her portraits, created by an obsessed artist, are extremely impressive. The painter who portrayed her so vividly was the famous Amedeo Modigliani. He was very fond of Jeanne, the paintress, who was 14 years younger than him.
She came from a rather bourgeois family; her father was an accountant. Like her older brother André, who became an established painter, she was talented and encouraged by her parents, who allowed her to study painting privately. A photograph taken around 1914 shows an attractive young woman with a confident, penetrating gaze. Jeanne was described as rather quiet, as calm. The picture suggests that there was a strong will beneath the surface.
The short and intense life of Jeanne Hebuterne
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