tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696282824996152237.post731330576245192489..comments2023-10-23T17:00:26.532-04:00Comments on The Clever Pup: Thora DardelThe Clever Puphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198739825136188378noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696282824996152237.post-5390200818074459942010-03-28T05:05:53.143-04:002010-03-28T05:05:53.143-04:00What a beautiful woman, no wonder Modigliani wante...What a beautiful woman, no wonder Modigliani wanted to paint her, I would love to have been painted by him I could od with a bit of elongating!Have you seen the movie, Andy Garcia plays Modigliani, mmmmm yum!Moirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03248425760199196965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696282824996152237.post-16238858325436976042010-03-09T09:16:22.379-05:002010-03-09T09:16:22.379-05:00Thanks Hazel for another wonderful post!!!Thanks Hazel for another wonderful post!!!Ima Wizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03433038947071428711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696282824996152237.post-34439305669249641022010-03-06T19:08:53.664-05:002010-03-06T19:08:53.664-05:00"In 1919 she moved to Paris to live with her ..."In 1919 she moved to Paris to live with her art-student brother who was studying in Montparnasse. .. She was to study art under the tutelage of sculptor Antoine Bourdelle."<br /><br />Now I never know if Thora really did want to study art seriously, or if she was simply finding a great excuse to live in Paris, respectably in her brother's company. <br /><br />You noted that later on, Thora married and worked as a photographer and journalist for a Swedish magazine. So I hope that she really did take her art studies seriously.<br /><br />Modigliani had typhoid fever and TB as a child, and never really recovered. Heavy sculpture was going to be impossible, in the long run. Mind you, his poor health wasn't helped by smoking, drugs, drinking, sleeping with every woman he could find and malnutrition.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696282824996152237.post-13018476296444552682010-03-06T09:26:53.151-05:002010-03-06T09:26:53.151-05:00Lorenzo - the "book" does mention Modi&#...Lorenzo - the "book" does mention Modi's stone carving - but I can't find any reference to his sickness because of it. He was pals with BrancusiThe Clever Puphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198739825136188378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696282824996152237.post-59146844717523879182010-03-06T02:49:32.034-05:002010-03-06T02:49:32.034-05:00Well, I am certainly enjoying your series of paint...Well, I am certainly enjoying your series of paintings, photos, quotes and thoughts on that marvelous Montparnasse colony. I have another question about the book. Does it make much mention of Modigliani's work as a sculpture. At the exhibit I mentioned in a previous comment, I learned that he practically gave up painting for a number of years to work as a sculptor. One of the reasons he went back to painting was that the dust he had to work in as a sculptor aggravated his lung problems.Lorenzo — Alchemist's Pillowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522265816460154722noreply@blogger.com