In May 1919 he returned to Paris, where, with Hébuterne and their daughter, he rented an apartment in the rue de
la Grande Chaumière.
In May of 1919 he returned to Paris, where, with Hébuterne and their daughter, he rented an apartment in the rue de
la Grande Chaumière.
Despite her family, soon they were living together and although Hébuterne was the love of his life, their
public scenes became more renowned than Modigliani's individual drunken exhibitions.
Hébuterne was taken to her parents' home,
where, inconsolable, she threw herself out of a fifth-floor window two days after Modigliani's death, killing herself and her unborn child.
Despite her family's objections, soon they were living together, and although Hébuterne was the current love of his life, their
public scenes became more renowned than Modigliani's individual drunken exhibitions.
Hébuterne was buried at the Cimetière de Bagneux near Paris,
and it was not until 1930 that her embittered family allowed her body to be moved to rest beside Modigliani.
From a conservative bourgeois background, Hébuterne was renounced by her devout Roman Catholic
family for her liaison with the painter, whom they saw as little more than a debauched derelict, and, worse yet, a Jew.