Periphery [Periferia]

1906 · 工作地

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 · 工作地

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.