Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) was one of the many talents drawn to Paris in the early years of this century. Modigliani engendered the legend of the "accursed" painter, whose poverty, corruption, and excess spawned the seeds of his genius. Among his works, nudes, portraits and studies of a surprising range of personalities and psychological types are represented in this introduction to the artist....

The first major study of exiled Polish artists, focussing on ten painters who made their homes and careers in Britain before or after 1939....