Great women from art, literature & myth

Jeanne Hébuterne in red shawl by Modigliani is perhaps one of the saddest paitings ever put to canvas. Who would have guessed that in less than a year the artist, his muse, and their unborn child would all be dead. Modigliani, aged 35, from ill health, Jeanne at 21, throwing herself from their apartment window 2 days after his death. They had met just 2 years earlier when she was an idealistic young art student and he was the struggling but brilliant artist.

The tilt of her head, the vacant stare – eyes like frozen lakes in winter. Is she looking at you, through you, or past you into another dimension?