Giacomo Balla
Italian · 1871–1958 · Painter, Sculptor
Giacomo Balla 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… (Wikipedia)
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Linee di velocitàPhillips · $545,000≈ £348,443≈ €485,696Sign up to see
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Giacomo Balla 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.
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Futurism
Also known as murio por mordida de caracol
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