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"It is imperative [...] not to halt and contemplate the corpse of tradition, but to renew ourselves by creating an art that no machine can imitate, that only the artistic Creative Genius can conceive." The Late Balla - Futurist Balla, 1915

Giacomo Balla, died #onthisday in 1958.

Carlo Carrà was born in Piedmont #onthisday in 1881.

In 1911, Carrà’s direct exposure to Cubism during a visit to Paris had a profound effect on the work of this artistic magpie, as illustrated by drawings such as Synthesis of a Café Concert.

Can you see the dancing notes? 🎶

The Futurists hailed Medardo Rosso as “the only great modern sculptor who has tried to open up a whole new field of sculpture, by his representation in plastic art of the influences of the environment and the atmospheric links which bind it to its subject”

Ardengo Soffici died #onthisday in 1964. Although he stressed the fundamental importance of modern subject matter to Futurist painting, his own works addressed curiously neutral imagery such as landscapes, still life compositions and figure studies.

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Closing tomorrow - The Enchanted Room: Modern Works from the Pinacoteca di Brera.
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In the history of 20th-century figurative art, the Italian painter Giorgio Morandi stands out as a highly individual artist who captured the simple beauty of light on forms through deft brushwork and the use of subtle coloration. G. Morandi, Still Life, 1929

Just three weekends left before #TheEnchantedRoom ends!

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The works on display in the Enchanted Room provide an overview of Carrà's stylistic development. The Rhythms of Objects, encompasses the formal austerity of the Cubist aesthetic in combination with Futurist themes of movement.

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In Rythms of Objects (1911) by Carlo Carrà the formal austerity of the Cubist aesthetic is combined with Futurist themes of movement, simultaneity and the interpenetration of planes.

Born in Florence, Rosai was educated at the city’s Academy of Fine Arts. In 1913, his work was seen by the Futurists; according to Rosai, “They invited me to join them and from that very day I became a militant Futurist.”

Ottone Rosai, Man Waiting, 1919