Carlo Carrà

Quotes

• “Constructions of a-rhythmical forms, the clash between concrete and abstract forms.. ..The acute angle is passionate and dynamic, expressing will and a penetrating force.”
• “We insist that our concept of perspective is the total antitheses of all static perspective. It is dynamic and chaotic in application, producing in the mind of the observer a veritable mass of plastic emotions.”
• “[paintings as] the plastic equivalent of the sounds, noises and smells found in theaters, music-halls, cinemas, brothels, railways station, ports.”
• “Reds, rrrrreds, the rrrrreddest rrrrreds that shouuuuuuut.”
• “When we talk of architecture, people usually think of something static; this is wrong. What we are thinking of is an architecture similar to the dynamic and musical architecture achieved by the Futurist musician Pratella. Architecture is found in the movement of colours, of smoke from a chimney and in metallic structures, when they are expressed in states of mind which are violent and chaotic.”
• “This bubbling and whirling of forms and lights, composed of sounds, noises, and smells has been partly achieved by me in my 'Anarchical funeral' [the painting Carra painted ca 1910-1911, ed.].. ..by Umberto Boccioni in his 'States of Minds' and 'Forces of a Street' [both paintings Boccioni painted in 1911], by Russolo in 'Rebellion' (1911) and Severini in 'Pan-Pan [the first version, Severini painted in 1909-1911], paintings which were violently discussed at our first Paris exhibition in 1912.”

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Key facts

Born

( 1881-02-11 ) February 11, 1881, Quargnento , Alessandria , Kingdom of Italy

Died

April 13, 1966 (1966-04-13) (aged 85), Milan , Italy

Known for

Painting

Movement

Futurism metaphysical art

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Key dates

Born

11 February 1881

Died

18 April 1966

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Carlo

Gender

male

Citizenship

Kingdom of Italy

Place of birth

Quargnento

Place of death

Milan

Occupation

lithographer

Educated at

Brera Academy

Employer

Brera Academy

Languages spoken

Italian

Award

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Participant in

Documenta III

Student of

Cesare Tallone

Movement

Futurism

Conflict

World War I

Image

Photo The Italian painter Carlo Carrà sitting on the sofa in the studio-dining room of his house on Via Sandro Sandri in Milan 1965 - Touring Club Italiano 11 5231.jpg

Work location

Milan

Represented by

SIAE

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