Umberto Boccioni Biography and Artwork

Italian artist Umberto Boccioni was a prominent figure in the Futurist movement during the early 20th century. Born on October 19, 1882, in Reggio di Calabria, Italy, he received training from painter Giacomo Balla and learned to use pointillism techniques. Boccioni’s work played a critical role in defining the revolutionary aesthetic of Futurism.

Boccioni’s paintings and sculptures captured modern life’s dynamism and color using a theoretical style he defended in manifestos, books, and articles. Despite his short life that ended on August 16, 1916, in Verona, Italy at age 33 after falling off a horse during military training exercises for World War I; his influence continued long after his death. One of his most famous pieces is Unique Forms of Continuity in Space sculpture which sold for $3.8 million.

Today many public art museums hold Boccioni’s works and continue to influence artists across several generations despite being part of the innovative movement over a hundred years ago. In memoriam to this legendary artist whose approach to dynamic form guided artists long after his time; one can conclude that Umberto Boccioni remains an icon of artistic progression that forever changed how we see art beyond its blank medium – taking it as a reflection of human expression itself while still remaining dynamic throughout the ages with his numerous contributions like Divisionist Paintings such as Three Women.

Format: Historical Overview

All Umberto Boccioni Artwork on Artchive

Artwork Name Year Medium
Simultaneous Nude 1915; Milan, Italy
Simultaneous Visions 1912; Milan, Italy
States of Mind III: Those Who Stay 1911; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
States of Mind III: Those Who Stay 1911; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
States of Mind II: Those Who Go 1911; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
States of Mind I: The Farewells 1911; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
States Of Mind (Study): Those Who Stay 1911; Milan, Italy
Study for sculpture 'Empty and full abstracts of a head' 1912; Milan, Italy pencil,ink,paper
Study from Pontormo
Study of a Feminine Face 1910; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
The antigraceful 1912; Milan, Italy
The City Rises
The City Rises 1910; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
The City Rises 1911; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
The City Rises
The dream (Paolo and Francesca) 1909; Milan, Italy
The Drinker 1914; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
The Grand Canal in Venice 1907; Venice, Italy oil,canvas
The Laugh 1911; Milan, Italy
The Morning 1909; Milan, Italy oil,panel
The Mother 1909; Milan, Italy
The Reaper
The Signora Virginia 1905; Rome, Italy oil,canvas
The Street Enters the House 1911 oil,canvas
The Street Pavers 1914; Milan, Italy
The Strengths of a Street 1911; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Three Women c.1910; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Trees 1908; Milan, Italy pastel,paper
Twilight 1909; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Under the Pergola at Naples 1914; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Virgilio Brocchi 1907; Venice, Italy oil,canvas
Woman in a Café: Compenetrations of Lights and Planes 1912; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Young Man on a Riverbank 1902; Rome, Italy
Abstract Dimensions 1912; Milan, Italy
Adriana Bisi Fabbri 1907; Venice, Italy oil,canvas
A Futurist Evening in Milan 1911; Italy
Agitate Crowd Surrounding a High Equestrian Monument 1908; Milan, Italy mixed technique
Antigraceful 1913; Milan, Italy bronze
April Evening 1908; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Boats in Sunlight 1907; Venice, Italy oil,canvas
Campagna 1908; Milan, Italy pastel,paper
Car and Hunting Fox 1904; Rome, Italy
Carlo Carrá charcoal,paper
Carlo Carrá
Cloister of S. Onofrio 1904; Rome, Italy oil,canvas
Countryside with Trees 1908; Milan, Italy
Dimensional shapes of a horse 1913; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Drawing After 'States of Mind: The Farewells' ink,paper
Dynamic Decomposition 1913; Milan, Italy
Dynamism of a Human Body
Dynamism of a Human Body 1913; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Dynamism of a man's head 1913; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Dynamism of racing horse 1913; Milan, Italy
Dynamism of the Human Body c.1913; Milan, Italy
Dynamism of the human body: Boxer 1913; Milan, Italy ink,paper
Factories At Porta Romana 1910; Italy
Factory Foltzer 1909; Milan, Italy
Farmers at work (Risaiole) 1908; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Ferruccio Busoni 1916; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Figure 1912; Milan, Italy
Glass and Syphon 1913; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Homage to Mother 1908; Milan, Italy
Horse+Rider+Houses 1914; Italy oil,canvas
Interior with Two Female Figures mixed technique
Kneeling Allegorical Figure
Landscape (mountains) 1916; Milan, Italy
María Sacchi Reading 1907; Venice, Italy drypoint,paper
Materia 1912; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Modern Idol 1911; Milan, Italy oil,panel
Moorland 1908; Milan, Italy pastel,paper
Mother and Child 1906; Paris, France pastel,paper
Mourning 1910; Milan, Italy
Nocturne 1911; Milan, Italy
Nude (complementary model of form-color) 1913; Milan, Italy
Passing Train 1908; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Pianist and Listener 1908; Milan, Italy ink,paper
Plastic Dynamism: Horse+House 1914; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Plastic synthesis - seated person 1915; Milan, Italy
Riot in the Galleria 1909; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Seated woman c.1908; Milan, Italy
Self-portrait 1905; Rome, Italy oil,canvas
Self-portrait 1905; Rome, Italy
Self-portrait 1908; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Silvia 1915; Milan, Italy ink,paper
Signora Massimino 1908; Milan, Italy oil,canvas
Still Life With Glass And Siphon c. 1914 Pasted Papers, Gouache, And Ink On Paper
Dynamism Of A Man's Head 1914 Pasted Papers, Watercolor, Gouache, Ink,
Riot In The Galleria 1910 Oil On Canvas
Interior With Two Female Figures 1915 Watercolor, Tempera, Ink, And Pencil On Cardboard
Horizontal Volumes 1912 Oil On Canvas
Self-portrait 1908 Oil On Canvas
Self-portrait 1905 Oil On Canvas
Modern Idol 1911 Oil On Wood
Unique Form of Continuity in Space 1913 bronze
Charge of the Lancers 1915 collage,cardboard,tempera
States of Mind Those who stay 1911 Oil on Canvas
Table + Bottle + House 1912 Pencil on paper
Dynamism of a Woman's Head 1914 mixed technique
Dynamism of a Soccer Player 1913 Oil on Canvas
Elasticity 1912 Oil on Canvas
Portrait of a Young Woman 1909 Pastel on Paper
The Mother 1906 Pastel on paper
Development of a Bottle in Space 1913 bronze
Dynamism of a Cyclist 1913 Oil on Canvas
States of Mind The Farewells 1911 Oil on Canvas
States of Mind Those who go 1911 Oil on Canvas
The City Rises 1910 Oil on Canvas