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Umberto Boccioni

Italy (1882—1916)
Born in Reggio Calabria, Boccioni received his artistic training in Rome, studying Pointilism from Giacomo Balla. His initial work was close to Verismo but also influenced by Cubism. His encounter with Marinetti led him to transfer his philosophy into visual arts. Soon after, together with Marinetti, Carrà and Severini he wrote the Futurist Manifesto and became the movement main promoter. He created artworks that well represented the contemporary city. In 1912 he exhibited at the Futurist exhibition in Paris, moving towards a more abstract expression, such as States of Mind I-III and working on sculptural projects. He also collaborated with Lacerba newspaper and published his book Futurist Painting and Sculpture. With the begin of WWI he was called to the front but back in Italy he was fatally injured during a training.
Giacomo Balla / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Wyndham Lewis / Umberto Boccioni / Georges Vantongerloo / Jean Crotti / Jean Arp / Paul Éluard / Max Ernst / Raoul Hausmann / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti / László Moholy-Nagy / Francis Picabia / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Kurt Schwitters / Tristan Tzara / Theo Van Doesburg / Piet Mondriaan

Mécano

Magazine / Letterpress / Various sizes / Leiden, 1922-1924

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Gino Severini / Giacomo Balla / Umberto Boccioni / Carlo Carrà

Prima esposizione pittura futurista

Exhibition catalogue / Letterpress / 12 x 16.8 cm / Rome, 1913

Gino Severini / Giacomo Balla / Umberto Boccioni / Carlo Carrà / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Exhibition of works by the italian futurist painters

Exhibition catalogue / Letterpress / 12 x 16.8 cm / London, 1912

Umberto Boccioni / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Grande esposizione. Boccioni, pittore e scultore futurista

Exhibition catalogue / Letterpress / 12 x 16.8 cm / Rome, 1916

Gino Severini / Giacomo Balla / Umberto Boccioni / Carlo Carrà / Ardengo Soffici

Prima esposizione di pittura futurista

Exhibition catalogue / Letterpress / 12 x 16.8 cm / Neaples, 1914

Umberto Boccioni / Carlo Carrà / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon Der Sturm

Exhibition catalogue / Letterpress / 12 x 16.8 cm / Berlin, 1913

Gino Severini / Umberto Boccioni / Carlo Carrà / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Die Futuristen. Gesellschaft zur Förderung moderner Kunst m.b.H

Exhibition catalogue / Letterpress / 12 x 16.8 cm / Berlin, n.d.

Gino Severini / Giacomo Balla / Umberto Boccioni / Carlo Carrà / Ardengo Soffici

Esposizione di pittura futurista di “Lacerba”

Exhibition catalogue / Letterpress / 12 x 16.8 cm / Florence, 1913

Anton Giulio Bragaglia / Marcel Janco / Enrico Prampolini / Gino Severini / Umberto Boccioni / Carlo Carrà / Giorgio de Chirico / Paolo Buzzi / Juan Gris / Vilmos Huszár / Jean Arp / Fortunato Depero / Fernand Léger / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti / Varvara Stepanova / Vladimir Tatlin / Tristan Tzara / Theo Van Doesburg

Noi

Rivista d’arte futurista / Magazine / Letterpress / 24 x 33.8 cm / Rome, 1917-1925

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Francesco Cangiullo / Enrico Prampolini / Giacomo Balla / Umberto Boccioni / Carlo Carrà / Corrado Govoni / Fortunato Depero / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

La balza futurista

Futurist bi-weekly / 17 x 24 cm / Messina, 1915

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Gino Severini / Giacomo Balla / Umberto Boccioni / Carlo Carrà / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Der Sturm. Zweite Ausstellung: Futuristen

Exhibition catalogue / Letterpress / 12 x 16.8 cm / Berlin, 1912

Enrico Prampolini / Giacomo Balla / Umberto Boccioni / Paolo Buzzi / Fortunato Depero / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Teatro

Anno V. n. 3 / Magazine / Letterpress / 22.2 x 28.8 cm / Milan, 1927

Gino Severini / Giacomo Balla / Umberto Boccioni / Carlo Carrà

Les peintres futuristes italiens

Exhibition catalogue / Letterpress / 12 x 16.8 cm / Florence, 1912