Tag: Futurism

Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio (1913, cast 1972)

Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio (Unique Forms of Continuity in Space) 1913, cast 1972 Bronze, 117.5 × 87.6 × 36.8 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio 1913, cast 1950 Metropolitan…

Festival a Montmartre (1913)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Festival a Montmartre (Festival in Montmartre) 1913 Oil on canvas, 88.9 × 116.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Gino Severini was a member of the Futurists, a group of Italian artists that announced its existence with a manifesto…

James Ensor

(1860–1949) James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor The artist’s works: Marine grise 1880 Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp L’après-midi à Ostende 1881 Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp La Dame en détresse 1882 Musée d’Orsay, Paris La mangeuse d’huîtres 1882 Koninklijk Museum voor…

Sviluppo di una bottiglia nello spazio (1913)

Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Sviluppo di una bottiglia nello spazio (Development of a Bottle in Space) 1913, cast 1950 Bronze, 39.4 x 60.3 x 39.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In March 1912 Boccioni wrote, “These days I am obsessed…

Antigrazioso (1913)

Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Antigrazioso (Antigraceful) 1913, cast 1950 Bronze, 58.4 × 53.3 × 41.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this bust of his mother, Cecilia Forlani Boccioni, the artist employs Cubist distortions and fragmentation to undermine conventional…

Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio (1913)

Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio (Unique Forms of Continuity in Space) 1913, cast 1950 Bronze, 121.3 x 88.9 x 40 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Futurists’ celebration of the fast pace and mechanical…

Il gatto nero (1910-1911)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Il gatto nero (The Black Cat) 1910–1911 Oil on canvas, 54.4 x 73 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Gino Severini was affiliated with the Italian Futurists, an avant-garde movement inspired by transformations in the urban landscape.…