Umberto Boccioni

1882–1916

Umberto Boccioni, ‘Unique Forms of Continuity in Space’ 1913, cast 1972
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space 1913, cast 1972
License this image
In Tate Modern

Media Networks: Modern Times

Free entry

Biography

Umberto Boccioni (Italian pronunciation: [umˈbɛrto botˈtʃoːni]; 19 October 1882 – 17 August 1916) was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Despite his short life, his approach to the dynamism of form and the deconstruction of solid mass guided artists long after his death. His works are held by many public art museums, and in 1988 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York organized a major retrospective of 100 pieces.

This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License. Spotted a problem? Let us know.

Read full Wikipedia entry
Futurism

Artworks

Umberto Boccioni, ‘Unique Forms of Continuity in Space’ 1913, cast 1972

Umberto Boccioni Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

1913, cast 1972
On display at Tate Modern part of Media Networks T01589

Features

Umberto Boccioni, ‘Unique Forms of Continuity in Space’ 1913, cast 1972
Art Term

Futurism

Futurism was an Italian art movement of the early twentieth century that aimed to capture in art the dynamism and ...

Umberto Boccioni, ‘Unique Forms of Continuity in Space’ 1913, cast 1972
Blog

Work of the Week: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space by Umberto Boccioni

It’s odd when you find out that something you think of as totally modern in fact turns out to ...

Tate guide to modern art terms app
Blog

No art movement is an Island

In 1911, Tate published its first book. One hundred years on, Tate Publishing has released its first digital publication, the ...

You might like

Raymond Duchamp-Villon, ‘Large Horse’ 1914, cast 1961

Raymond Duchamp-Villon

1876–1918
Giacomo Balla, ‘Abstract Speed - The Car has Passed’ 1913

Giacomo Balla

1871–1958
Jacques Lipchitz, ‘Sculpture’ 1915–6

Jacques Lipchitz

1891–1973
Arnold Auerbach, ‘Mechanised Head’ 1928

Arnold Auerbach

1898–1978
Siegfried Charoux, ‘Civilization: The Judge’ 1962

Siegfried Charoux

1896–1967
Alexander Archipenko, ‘Woman Combing her Hair’ 1915

Alexander Archipenko

1887–1964
Jean Fautrier, ‘Head of a Hostage’ 1943–4

Jean Fautrier

1898–1964
Mario Sironi, ‘The Syphon’ 1916

Mario Sironi

1885–1961
El Lissitzky, ‘5. Globetrotter (in Time)’ 1923

El Lissitzky

1890–1941
Jackson Pollock, ‘Summertime: Number 9A’ 1948

Jackson Pollock

1912–1956
Dame Barbara Hepworth, ‘Pelagos’ 1946

Dame Barbara Hepworth

1903–1975
Ossip Zadkine, ‘Venus’ c.1922–4

Ossip Zadkine

1890–1967
Marcel Duchamp, ‘Fountain’ 1917, replica 1964

Marcel Duchamp

1887–1968
Henry Moore OM, CH, ‘Recumbent Figure’ 1938

Henry Moore OM, CH

1898–1986
Lynn Chadwick, ‘Winged Figures’ 1955

Lynn Chadwick

1914–2003