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Geneva museum spotlights tragic painter Jeanne Hébuterne

Original: #cuadrodeldía Autorretrato 1916 (Jeanne Hébuterne 1898-1920) #PetitPalaisMuseo Ginebra #art Modelo y pareja de Modiglian

A self-portrait from 1916 by Jeanne Hébuterne is being shared online as picture of the day, with credit to the Petit Palais museum in Geneva. Hébuterne, best known as Modigliani's model and partner, was also a painter in her own right. Posts highlight her dramatic story: eight months pregnant, she died by suicide days after Modigliani's death in 1920, at just 21.

Why now: The tragic love story between Hébuterne and Modigliani and her rediscovery as an artist in her own right continue to fascinate art lovers

Jeanne HébuterneAmedeo ModiglianiPetit Palais Geneva

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