Boccioni, Umberto
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| born on | 19 October 1882 at 14:25 (= 2:25 PM ) | ||
| Place | Reggio Calabria, Italy, 38n06, 15e39 | ||
| Timezone | GMT h0w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   26°07'   21°07 Asc. 13°24'
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Biography
Italian artist, a painter, sculptor and writer. From the time of his youth, his passion was for literature and art, in spite of his father's disapproval. He left home for Rome where, between 1898 and 1902, he worked in the studio of the painter Giacomo Balla. In 1902 he went to Paris to study impressionism and then to St. Petersburg where he taught painting. All of the works that he completed while in Russia were later lost.
Between 1904-06, Boccioni worked between Paris and Venice. After a period of squalid misery, suffering in Milan, he became acquainted with the avant guard futurist Marinetti, and within three months they founded the Futurist Movement together. On fire, they released the First Manifesto of the Futurist on 2/11/1910 with Russolo, Balla, Severini and Carra joining them. In February 1912, they inaugurated the first Parisian Futurist Exposition along with Marinetti.
As World War I loomed, Boccioni joined the army and on 8/16/1916, in the village of Sorte, he fell from a horse and hit his head, dying of his injuries the next dawn.
Relationships
- mentor relationship with Balla, Giacomo (born 19 July 1871)
Events
- Health : Accident (Non-fatal) 16 August 1916 (Fell from horse, striking head)
- Death by Accident 17 August 1916 (Died from head injuries, age 33)
- Social : Change of Lifestyle 1898 (Left home)
- Family : Change residence 1902 (Moved to Paris)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 11 February 1910 (Exhibited the first Futuist Movement paintings)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released February 1912 (First Futurist Exposition in Paris)
Source Notes
Bordoni quotes B.C. Datanotizie No.4, 1/1995 (3:15 PM Rome time)
Categories
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist (Futurist painter, sculptor)
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (Arts)
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Accident/Injury (Fell from horse, head injury, terminal)
- Vocation : Military : Combat (WW I)
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted (Business assoc., Marinetti)
- Personal : Death : Accidental (Died from head injuries, fall from horse)
