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The Museum of Avant-garde

Gino Severini

Italy (1883—1966)

Born in Cortona, Severini moved to Rome, where evening art classes brought him into contact with Boccioni and Balla, who introduced him to Neo-Impressionism. He moved to Paris in 1906, immersing himself in its vibrant artistic scene and encountering figures such as Modigliani, Picasso, Braque and Gris. By 1910 he had joined the Futurist movement, signing the Manifesto of Futurist Painters, and his fascination with movement and the human figure became central to works such as The Blue Dancer. His engagement with Cubism, which intensified from 1915, led him towards increasingly geometric compositions, while his practice also extended to mosaics and murals. He divided his later years between Rome and Paris, where he died in 1966.

Giacomo Balla / Umberto Boccioni