Young Girl with Blue Eyes

"Young Girl with Blue Eyes" is an on-canvas portrait by Amedeo Modigliani that effectively embodies the painter's unique merging of classical and modern styles. Emulating the techniques he learned studying antiquity and the Renaissance in Italy, Modigliani rendered his subject with an elongated face and neck—a clear influence of surrealism. The girl's striking blue eyes, powerfully exaggerated, illuminate the otherwise subdued colors on the canvas. Painted in oil, this work is testament to Modigliani's exploration of Expressionism, injecting emotional intensity into each brushstroke. Distinctive in its stylistic decisions, this portrait is valued as part of the internationally-celebrated corpus of Modigliani's work.