Today is the anniversary of the death in 1958 of Italian painter Giacomo Balla. Born in 1871, he was 86 years old when he died. He was a founder of Futurism.
I ran across the picture at the top of the post, Iridescent Compenetration (1913), online on an art blog and was intrigued enough to look into his work a bit. The picture below is called Future (study) and was completed in 1918:
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One of the emphases of Futurism was showing movement, and the oil painting below, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash (1912), is a wonderful example of how that was accomplished on the canvas:
The Smithsonian has a picture of some of his flower sculptures and a discussion of how the movement suffered and died due to its association with Fascism.
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Oh how I love that dog picture! My husband´s cousin has two dachshunds and they are just like this. The happiest dogs you ever saw. And that´s a really interesting art blog.
ReplyDeletei got a kick out of the dog picture, too. it reminds me of cartoons i've seen, and i like to think pictures like this inspired the cartoonists. i've found interesting things at that art blog. i'm glad you liked it. :)
DeleteThanks for featuring a new to me artist. I'm going to check the links your provided. The dog picture with all the movement is terrific.
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i love finding new-to-me artists, and i laughed when i saw that dog picture. i can picture the dog walking on the leash in real life with a lady in a long skirt at a park.
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