Untitled (Schnelligkeit) (Speed)

1914 - 1922 · Print

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Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Niederlande

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Quelle: Das Museum

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Über das Werk

With his art the Italian Futurist Umberto Boccioni above all wanted to express movement. He tried to capture the transmission of light and sound as well as the power and motion of machines and the speed of all modern life. His motorcyclist is first and foremost about dynamism: not only of the vehicle, but also of the environment which is constantly in motion.

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Angaben

Inventarnummer: RP-P-1948-403

Was es zeigt

Motorcycle racing

Im Katalog

Druckgrafik Moderne 20. Jahrhundert

Quellen

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Bild: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam — public domain

Derweil im Leben von Umberto Boccioni

Das ganze Leben

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 the Sackville Gallery
In 1912 the Futurists, Boccioni among them, exhibited their work at the Sackville Gallery in London.
1912
Futurist exhibition at Galerie Bernheim-Jeune
In 1912 Boccioni exhibited some paintings together with other Italian Futurists at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune.
11 April 1912
Publishes the “Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture”
The “Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture” was published on 11 April 1912; for Boccioni it was the intellectual and physical launch into sculpture.
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