
Umberto BoccioniItalien, 1882–1916Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
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Im Leben von Umberto Boccioni
Das ganze Leben1911
“The City Rises” on show in Milan
In May 1911 “The City Rises” went on show in Milan: a huge canvas, 2 by 3 metres, on which Boccioni had worked for nearly a year, attempting, as he wrote to a friend, “a great synthesis of labor, light and movement”. It attracted numerous reviews, mostly admiring.
1912
Decides to take up sculpture
After visiting the Paris studios of Georges Braque, Alexander Archipenko, Constantin Brâncuși, Raymond Duchamp-Villon and, probably, Medardo Rosso, Boccioni decided to take up sculpture.
1912
Futurist exhibition at Galerie Bernheim-Jeune
In 1912 Boccioni exhibited some paintings together with other Italian Futurists at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune.
1912
Futurist exhibition at the Sackville Gallery
In 1912 the Futurists, Boccioni among them, exhibited their work at the Sackville Gallery in London.
16 August 1916
Fatal injury at cavalry training
On 16 August 1916, during a cavalry training exercise, Boccioni was thrown from his horse and trampled. He died the following day in the military hospital in Verona.
17. August 1916
Died




![Mia madre che lavora [My Mother Working], Umberto Boccioni, 1907](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/f802e827-c068-4e70-abc2-f10b1fd4e78c/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)

![Periphery [Periferia], Umberto Boccioni, 1908](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/bc6e609b-939b-4d64-a87b-2a0ae311d52b/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)


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