Boccioni, Umberto [memorial] 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) Umberto Boccioni Memorial, Chievo, Provincia di Verona, Veneto, Italy
b. October 19, 1882 d. August 16, 1916