Dynamism of a Soccer Player
Umberto Boccioni · 1913
Why it's great
A soccer player seems to explode into a swirl of blue and gold as he kicks the ball. Umberto Boccioni, a leader of Futurism, an art movement that loved speed, painted this in 1913 to show the player's movement, not his face.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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Umberto Boccioni was born in Reggio Calabria, Italy, and became the leader of Futurism, a movement that celebrated speed and machines. He worked in Milan and Rome, painting and making sculptures full of motion. He died at 33 after falling from a horse during military training in 1916.
