Artist: Giacomo Balla (1871 - 1958)
Nationality: Italian
Movement: Futurism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Giacomo Balla studied art in his birthplace, Turin, Italy, before traveling to Paris in 1901, encountering the Impressionism and Divisionism. Balla signed the Futurist Manifesto in 1910, and began creating paintings that reflected the spirit of growth and movement of the early 20th century. By the 1920’s, Futurism had lost its appeal and novelty, and became associated with fascism. As a result, Balla turned towards abstraction in the 1930’s.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Giacomo Balla - Speeding Automobile 1912 oil on wood The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Giacomo Balla - Street Light c. 1910-11 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Giacomo Balla - Swifts: Paths of Movement + Dynamic Sequences 1913 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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James McNeill Whistler - Sotto Portico, San Giacomo 1879-1880 pastel and charcoal Virginia Museum of Fine Arts American
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Tiziano Vecellio Titian - Portrait of Giacomo Dolfin c. 1531 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Adrien Tournachon - Portrait of Giacomo Meyerbeer 1857 salt print from wet Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Dale Chihuly - Isola di San Giacomo in Falude 1996 glass and metal Columbus Museum of Art American
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Giacomo Verzelini, Goblet, 1590
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Giacomo Guardi, The Piazzetta, Looking to the Sea (Venice), 19th century
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Giacomo Guardi, The Giudecca(Venice), 19th century
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Giacomo Favretto, Girl in the Window, circa 1880
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Giacomo Bossi, Pluto, after Teodoro Matteini, 18th century
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Giacomo Guardi, Piazza with St. Mark"s(Venice), 19th century
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Giacomo Lauro, The Deeds of Pope Urban VIII, 1624
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Robert Sargent Austin, S. Carlo and S. Giacomo, Rome, 1924
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Giacomo Maria Giovannini, St. Sebastian, after Lodovico Carracci, 17 - 18th century
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Giacomo Guardi, Piazza San Marco, Looking West (Venice), 19th century
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Giacomo Guardi, Piazza San Marco with Clocktower and Cathedral (Venice), 19th century
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Giacomo Brogi, 5039 Pompei, Casa di Cornelio Rufo, 19th century
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Giacomo Piccini, The Holy Family with the Young St. John and St. Catherine, after Veronese, 1655
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Giovanni Battista Brustoloni, The Piazza S. Giacomo in Rialto, after Moretti, 18th century
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Giacomo Guardi, The Grand Canal,Venice at the Rialto Bridge, late 18th century
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A Woman with a Dog Giacomo Ceruti (Italian, Lombard, 1698-1767)Oil on canvas; 38 x 28
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Giovanni Battista Brustoloni, The Piazza and Church of S. Giacomo in Rialto, after Moretti, 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Brustoloni, The Piazza and Church of S. Giacomo in Rialto, after Moretti, 18th century
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Giacomo del Po , Satan at the Gate of Hell with Sin and Death, a study for the painting The Gates of Hell, circa 1705 - 1708
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Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, Mars and Venus, after Gian Giacomo Caraglio"s engraving after Rosso Fiorentino, 1575
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Giacomo Franco, Studies of Arms and Hands, from the book Regolare per imparar a disegnar (Principles of Drawing) (Venice: Marco Sadeler, 1636), 1636
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Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860), King of Westphalia Giacomo Andreoli (Italian, active about 1808)Ivory; 2 3/8 x
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Palma Giovane (Jacopo Negretti), Tutelary Goddess of the City of Rome, from the series De excellentia et nobilitate delineationis libri duo (Principles of Drawing) (Rome: Giacomo Franco, 1611), circa 1611
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Madonna and Child, ca. 1495-1500 Francesco Francia (Francesco di Marco di Giacomo Raibolini) (Italian, Bolognese,
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Giacomo Ceruti - Portrait of a Priest early 1730's oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Italian
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Federigo Gonzaga (1500-1540), 1510 Francesco Francia (Francesco di Marco di Giacomo Raibolini) (Italian, Bolognese, active
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Giacomo Ceruit - Mother and Child c. 1730 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Giacomo Manzu - Bust of a Woman 1979 pastel Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Saint Roch, altarpiece, 1502 Francesco Francia (Francesco di Marco di Giacomo Raibolini) (Italian, Bolognese, active
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©Yousuf Karsh ; Yousuf Karsh, Canadian (born in Armenia) 1908 Giacomo Manzù USA, 1970 Photograph,
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Il Ritratto di Venezia, 1684 Author: Domenico Martinelli (active 1663-1669)Venice: Presso Gio. Giacomo Hertz, 1684Printed
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Count Giacomo Durazzo (1717-1794) in the Guise of a Huntsman with His Wife (Ernestine Aloisia
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Giacomo Maria Giovannini, Italian, 1667 –1717 After Lodovico Carracci, Italian, 1555-1619 Recto: Two Caryatid Groups

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In this country there has so far been no in-depth reflection on this movement so important for Italian and European art of the 20th century. The reasons for this are manifold. First and foremost, the Futurists (...

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