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Mario Sironi
28 Nov 1913 Click Here to learn more After service in World War I, Sironi's version of Futurism gave way to an art of massive, immobile forms. In paintings such as La Lampada of 1919 (Pinateca di Brera, Milan), mannequins substitute for figures, as in the metaphysical paintings of Giorgio de Chirico and Carlo Carrà. Like many artists in the period following the war, Sironi looked to the art af the past for inspiration, and works such as Venere of 1921 -
Jules Schmalzigaug
Jules Schmalzigaug
19 Jul 1914 Click Here to learn more Impressions in a Dance Hall, 1916. His time in Italy between 1912 and 1914 was the happiest and most active part of his life and art. In 1914 he took part on the international exhibition of futurists in Rome. His style developed towards the abstract -
Ardengo Soffici
Ardengo Soffici
27 Oct 1915 Click Here to Learn more BÏF§ZF+18, 1915. BÏF§ZF+18 Simultaneità e Chimismi lirici (BÏF§ZF+18. Simultaneity and Lyrical Chemistry) is a poetry book and artist's book published in 1915 by the Italian futurist Ardengo Soffici. Despite its rarity, the book has become famous as one of the finest examples of futurist 'words-in-freedom', and has been described as 'absolutely the most important book that came out of Florentine Futurism'. -
Gino Severini
Gino Severini
29 Nov 1960 Click Here to Learn more Pan Pan Dance, 1960. The Futurists loved speed, noise, machines, pollution, and cities; they embraced the exciting new world that was then upon them rather than hypocritically enjoying the modern world’s comforts while loudly denouncing the forces that made them possible. Fearing and attacking technology has become almost second nature to many people today; the Futurist manifestos show us an alternative philosophy -
Fortunato
Fortunato Depero
28 Apr 2010 Click Here to find out more Depero's 1932 bottle design for Campari Soda is still in production. Many of his works are featured in the permanent collection of the Mart, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto