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Jeanne Hébuterne
represented twice - one wears a big hat, the other has a red dress and a necklace

She was Modigliani's biggest love, the only one he regarded as his wife, though they were never married; a mysterious, introspective girl, shy, sweet, and like Modi - romantic. They met when she was still an art student. Jeanne was a well brought up daughter of a rigid, bourgeois family, who never approved of Amedeo, who was not only a penniless artist but a foreigner and a Jew. Their intolerance and heartlessness contributed to her suicide the day after Modi's death.
Amedeo painted at least 25 portraits of her, she gave him a baby, Giovanna - later the author of Modiglani's most popular biography.

Leopold Zborowski and Hanka Zborowska
the couple represented on the  wall.
A couple, among the  closest friends of Modi, who fed him, supported him financially and truly believed in his talent. Zbo became his art dealer and never spared himself trying to sell Modi's paintings even if it looked impossible. Zbo was a Polish poet, a romantic ready to sacrifice everything for Modi.
Hanka Zborowska, Zbo's aristocratic  wife was painted by Modi many times.

Moïse Kisling
in the burgundy sweater, red tie, black eyes, black hair
Painter, a close friend of Modi, known for generosity and a great sense of humour. His exuberance and magnificent gestures endeared him to Modigliani. Once Moïse sold a painting and  spent all the money the same day on flowers, which he gave to women passing by, young or old, just to make them smile. He got his education in Fine Arts in Cracow, Poland, where he was born.

Renée Kisling
the woman with short red hair and blue suit
Like her husband, a chronic party giver. A daughter of a French officer, she very much enjoyed the bohemian lifestyle. Renée often quarreled with Modigliani though she liked his company.

Chaim Soutine
the man in a green suit with a crooked tie
A painter totally dedicated to his art, he was born as one of eleven children to a poor Jewish family in a village near Minsk. His miserable childhood left him an abnormally shy and frightened man.
I call him a painter of smelly subjects - dead chickens, dead cows, decaying bodies. De facto not only did his still - lives stink, but he stunk as well. He had the reputation for being the dirtiest artist on Montmartre. Soutine was introduced to the "ceremony" of brushing teeth very, very late.
Knowing that Madame Zborowska couldn't stand Soutine's smelly presence, Modigliani painted Chaim's portrait on her salon door as a joke, making her furious. One day the Zborowskis sold that door for good money. Modi took a paternal interest in Soutine and was one of the first to appreciate his raw talent. Modi insisted that Zborowski take him under his protection, which is what he did.
Soutine unlike Modigliani, lived long enough to enjoy prosperity and even to became famous for wild  extravagances.

Max Jacob
the bold man in the gray suit
A fine poet, a brilliant literate mind  with an abrasive wit. Max earned his reputation for his hilarious buffoonery. He was able to hear Modi out and appreciate his talent.
For a while he lived together with Picasso in a tiny room with one bed. Picasso painted  during the nights as Max slept.
As did so many Jews, Max vanished in a concentration camp during the war.

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