Umberto Boccioni

Umberto Boccioni is a key figure in Futurism of the 1900s. Futurism portrays dynamism, speed, and technology.

Boccioni was heavily influenced by the Cubism.

After schooling in Rome and Paris, he moved to Milan where he worked with other Futurists, including Marinetti, and would relate work to write manifestos on futurism.

Boccioni was the main theorist of the artistic aspects of the Futurist movement.

He died during a training exercise after being mobilized in WWI at age 34.

I can definitely see the movement and energy in his paintings. Very interesting.