Umberto Boccioni

Quotes

• “To the Young Artists of Italy!The cry of rebellion that we launch, linking our ideals with those of the Futurist poets, does not originate in an aesthetic clique. It expresses the violent desire that stirs in the veins of every creative artist today.”
• “With our enthusiastic adherence to Futurism, we will:”
• “In the first Manifesto that we launched on the 8th of March, 1910, from the stage of the Chiarella Theater in Turin, we expressed our deep-rooted disgust with, our proud contempt for, and our happy rebellion against vulgarity, mediocrity, the fanatical and snobbish worship of all that is old, attitudes which are suffocating Art in our Country.”
• “The gesture which we would reproduce on canvas shall no longer be a fixed moment in universal dynamism. It shall simply be the dynamic sensation itself. Indeed, all things move, all things run, all things are rapidly changing.. .We would at any price re-enter into life.”
• “Our bodies penetrate the sofas upon which we sit and the sofas penetrate our bodies. The motorbus rushes into the houses which it passes, and in their turn the houses throw themselves upon the bus and are blended with it.”
• “The time has passed for our sensations in painting to be whispered. We wish them in the future to sing and re-echo upon our canvasses in deafening and triumphant flourishes.”

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Key facts

Born

19 October 1882 ( 1882-10-19 ) , Reggio Calabria , Italy

Died

17 August 1916 (1916-08-17) (aged 33), Verona , Italy

Education

Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma

Notable work

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space , The City Rises , The Street Enters the House

Movement

Futurism

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Key dates

Born

19 October 1882

Died

16 August 1916

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Umberto

Gender

male

Citizenship

Kingdom of Italy

Place of birth

Reggio Calabria

Place of death

Verona

Occupation

artist

Educated at

Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia

Languages spoken

Italian

Participant in

Documenta III

Genre

landscape painting

Movement

Futurism

Conflict

World War I

Image

Umberto Boccioni1914.jpg

Work location

Warsaw

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