What would have become of Amedeo Modigliani without Paul Guillaume? His art dealer, the one who believed in his painting even though the artist was dedicated to sculpture...? Because yes, if the History of art today has retained his painterly side, his scandalous female nudes and his disturbing portraits with elongated lines and blind almond-shaped eyes, at the time when Paul Guillaume and Modigliani were meet, the artist devotes himself to sculpture. Works that can be admired in this exhibition at the Musée de l’Orangerie, alongside the splendid paintings that will follow them. It is a story of friendship, trust and ambition that is told here between one of the most famous artists of bohemian Paris in the 1910s and the formidable art collector. We are in 1914, the merchant, captivated by the talent of the artist he meets, decides to take under his wing this cursed painter damaged by excess.

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