Birth Name: Amedeo Clemente Modigliani
Date of Birth: 12 July, 1884
Place of Birth: Livorno, Tuscany, Italy
Date of Death: 24 January, 1920
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Ethnicity: Sephardi Jewish
Amedeo Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor. He worked in France.
Amedeo was the son of Eugene/Eugénie (Garsin) and Flaminio di Emanuele Modigliani. His family was Jewish. His father was born in Rome. His mother was born in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, and also had ancestors who were from Tunisia and Italy.
Amedeo has a daughter, art historian Jeanne Modigliani, with his common-law wife, artist Jeanne Hébuterne.
Amedeo’s paternal grandfather was Emanuele di Abramo Vita Modigliani (the son of Abramo Vita di Crescenzo Modigliani and Rosa di Emanuele Modigliani). Amedeo’s grandfather Emanuele was born in Rome. Abramo was the son of Crescenzo di Abramo Vita Modigliani and Tesaura. Rosa was the daughter of Emanuele di Abramo Vita Modigliani.
Amedeo’s paternal grandmother was named Olimpia Della Rocca.
Amedeo’s maternal grandfather was Isacco Garsin (the son of Giuseppe José Garsin and Anna Moscato). Giuseppe was born in Livorno, Provincia di Livorno, Toscana, Italy, and was the son of Salomon Garsin, who was born in Tunisia, and of Regina/Reina Spinoza.
Amedeo’s maternal grandmother was Regina/Reginetta Garsin (the daughter of Isacco Garsin). Isacco was the son of Salomon Garsin and Regina/Reina Spinoza.
Amedeo’s maternal grandparents were cousins.
Source: Genealogy of Amedeo Modigliani – https://www.geni.com