Into the Darkness Laughing: The Story of Jeanne Hebuterne, Modigliani's Last Mistress

by Patrice Chaplin

Book Overview

In the years of World War I, somewhere in Montparnasse, a young artist, Jeanne Hebuterne met the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani. She was a young girl with a farouche beauty and a talent recognized by Foujita and Severini. He was in his thirties, unstable, penniless and unrecognized. From 1917 they lived together in Modigliani's studio, Jeanne posing for him continually, as he, increasingly embittered, found escape in drink. By the freezing January...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853812358
• ISBN13: 9781853812354
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Virago
• Length: 151 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 6.3"