Umberto Boccioni
1882-1916
Italian
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Italian sculptor, painter, printmaker and writer. As one of the principal figures of FUTURISM, he helped shape the movements revolutionary aesthetic as a theorist as well as through his art. In spite of the brevity of his life, his concern with dynamism of form and with the breakdown of solid mass in his sculpture continued to influence other artists long after his death.
ID: 22374 Modern Idol (mk19) 1911
Oil on wood,59.7 x 58.4 cm
Private collection,London
