Amedeo Modigliani's tomb at Père Lachaise is one of the more quietly devastating stops in any Paris cemetery. The Italian painter and sculptor died in January 1920, aged thirty-five, from tuberculosis, which he had spent years masking with alcohol and drugs. His only solo exhibition had been shut down by the police on its opening day for obscenity. He died penniless, often paying for restaurant meals with his paintings.

Two days after the funeral, his partner Jeanne Hébuterne, twenty-one years old and pregnant with their second child, threw herself from a fifth-floor window. Her parents initially refused to let her be buried alongside him. They eventually relented, and the two now share a grave.

Modigliani has since become one of the most commercially valuable artists of the 20th century, with works among the top ten most expensive sold at auction in both painting and sculpture. VoiceMap's self-guided audio tours trace his Montparnasse years, connecting the tomb to his studio on rue de la Grande Chaumière and the café culture that shaped his brief, turbulent career.