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Boccioni

American  
[bo-choh-nee, bawt-chaw-nee] / bɒˈtʃoʊ ni, bɔtˈtʃɔ ni /

noun

  1. Umberto 1882–1916, Italian painter and sculptor.


Boccioni British  
/ botˈtʃoni /

noun

  1. Umberto (umˈberto). 1882–1916, Italian painter and sculptor: principal theorist of the futurist movement

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It also features works from leading modernist artists such as Pablo Picasso, Diego Rivera, Natalia Goncharova and Umberto Boccioni.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024

Kevin Beauchamp, who has what he described as a very small field of “useful vision,” also commented on the Boccioni.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

On the first floor, we stood for a while, looking at the paintings of Umberto Boccioni, a Futurist whom Righetti admires.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 19, 2018

Umberto Boccioni, 1913 Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Racing along, head down, knees pumping, wheels spinning, covering immense distances at breathtaking speed: how can an artist ever depict a champion cyclist in action?

From The Guardian ● May 19, 2012

Boccioni satisfies the test in his sculpture, and therefore we must praise him, whether we like his methods or not.

From The Book of This and That by Robert Lynd

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