ARTIST

Giacomo Balla

1871–1958 · Italy

Futurist who painted dogs with multiple legs and streetlights exploding with color to capture movement itself.

ABOUT

Giacomo Balla (18 July 1871 – 1 March 1958) was an Italian painter, art teacher and poet best known as a key proponent of Futurism. In his paintings, he depicted light, movement and speed. He was concerned with expressing movement in his works, but unlike other leading futurists he was not interested in machines or violence with his works tending towards the witty and whimsical. == Biography == Giacomo Balla was born in Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy, on 18 July 1871…

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NOTABLE WORKS
Carlo Fontana 1907 · Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art Street Light 1910 · Museum of Modern Art Dinamismo di un cane al guinzaglio (Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash) 1912 · Buffalo AKG Art Museum Speeding Automobile 1912 · Museum of Modern Art The Hand of the Violinist 1912 · Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art Girl Running on a Balcony 1912 · Museo del Novecento
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