Boccioni, Umberto b. October 19, 1882 d. August 16, 1916 Painter, Sculptor, Theorist. The greatest of the Italian Futurists, he celebrated the vitality of the industrial age by seeking to depict time, space, energy, and even sound in his work. Although he was active with that movement only a short period before his premature death, Boccioni's ideas had far-reaching consequences in the development of 20th Century art. His best known masterpieces, the painting "The City Rises" (1910) and the bronze sculpture "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space" (1913)...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Cimitero Monumentale di Verona, Verona, Provincia di Verona, Veneto, Italy
Zenatello, Giovanni b. February 22, 1876 d. February 11, 1949 Opera Singer. A dramatic tenor, he sang in many of the world's principal opera houses and is remembered as his generation's leading exponent of Giuseppe Verdi's "Otello". Taking to music from an early age he originally trained as a baritone and made his professional debut at Belluno in 1898; the next year he was called upon to substitute for an ailing tenor as Canio in Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci" at the Teatro Mercadante in Naples and was a tenor ever after. Zenatello made his La Scala Milano...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Cimitero Monumentale di Verona, Verona, Provincia di Verona, Veneto, Italy
b. October 19, 1882 d. August 16, 1916