![Periphery [Periferia], Umberto Boccioni, 1908](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/bc6e609b-939b-4d64-a87b-2a0ae311d52b/full/!1600,1600/0/default.jpg)
Umberto BoccioniItalian, 1882–1916Periphery [Periferia]
May one see it?
Not receiving at present
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2014.102.1
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access
Meanwhile, in the life of Umberto Boccioni
The whole life1906 · Workplace
Paris
1906
Three months in Russia
In 1906, after a short stay in Paris, where he studied Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Boccioni spent three months in Russia, witnessing civil unrest and government crackdowns first-hand.
1907
Moves to Milan
In 1907 Boccioni settled in Milan, in the artists’ quarter of Corvetto, where he got to know the representatives of Futurism.
1907 · Workplace
Padua
early 1910
Meets Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
In early 1910 Boccioni met Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, who had published his Manifesto of Futurism the year before.
11 February 1910
Signs the “Manifesto of Futurist Painters”
On 11 February 1910 Boccioni signed the Manifesto of Futurist Painters together with Giacomo Balla, Carlo Carrà, Luigi Russolo and Gino Severini.
![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)
![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
