Romance and reality: Modigliani at Tate Modern

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Handsome, cultured and prone to spouting poetry into the early hours when drunk, Modigliani made himself immediately at home among the cosmopolitan artists and writers haunting the cafes of Montmartre and Montparnasse, and soon established himself as their unofficial portraitist.

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