Giacomo balla biography futurismo arte
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Giacomo balla biography futurismo arte
Giacomo Balla
Italian artist (1871-1958)
Giacomo Balla | |
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Giacomo Balla | |
| Born | Giacomo Joseph Balla (1871-07-18)18 July 1871 Turin, Italy |
| Died | 1 March 1958(1958-03-01) (aged 86) Rome, Italy |
| Known for | Painting, poetry |
| Movement | Futurism |
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.[1]
Biography
Giacomo Balla was born in Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy.
He was the son of a photographer[2] and as a child studied music.
At age nine, after the death of his father, he gave up music and began working in a lithograph print shop. By age 20, his interest in visual art had developed to