Mario Sironi ( Italian. Mario Sironi , March 12, 1885 , Sassari - August 13, 1961 , Milan ) - Italian artist, representative of Italian futurism and novecento .
| Mario Sironi | |
|---|---|
| ital Mario sironi | |
| Date of Birth | March 12, 1885 |
| Place of Birth | Sassari |
| Date of death | August 13, 1961 (76 years) |
| Place of death | Milan |
| A country | |
| Style | Futurism |
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Life and creativity
Mario Sironi was born in the family of an engineer, and in 1896-1902 he studied engineering science in Rome . After receiving the diploma enrolled in a private school of painting. During his studies in Rome, Sironi met the future founders of Italian futurism, Marinetti , Severini and Boccioni , with whom he was then linked by friendship ties for many years. In 1908, the artist travels from Boccioni to Germany and France , and in 1913 he goes to Paris , where he studies modern painting, fascinated by cubism . In the works of Sironi since 1908 there is a strong influence of Boccioni painting. In 1914, Roman gallery owner Giuseppe Sprovieri was the first to exhibit 16 works by Sironi at the Free Futuristic Exhibition. A year later, Marinetti announced that Sironi joined the Milan-based futurist group.
With the entry of Italy into the First World War, Mario Sironi volunteered to join the army, which does not prevent him from drawing. In his works of 1917/1918 , there is a significant influence of metaphysical painting ; nevertheless, the first personal exhibition of the artist was held in 1919 in the Casa d'Arte Bragaglia ( Casa d'arte Bragaglia ) - the only futuristic art salon in Italy. This exhibition was in the journal Valori Plastici ( Valori Plastici ), a print agency that focused on “metaphysical painting” and was strongly criticized.
By 1920, the artist gradually departed from futuristic art and in the same year, together with artists Leonardo Dudreville , Achille Funi and Luigi Roussolo published the artistic manifesto “Contra tutti i ritorni in pittura” (“Against any repetition in painting”), where artists insisted on creating the final, definite style and form in drawing.
In 1922, as an art critic , Mario Sironi began to collaborate in the newspaper Il Popolo d'Italia (The People of Italy), published by Mussolini . In the same year, together with 6 other artists, he forms the art group of the novecento . In 1932 , together with the artists Enrico Prampolini and Gerardo Dottori , he participated in the grandiose Mostra della Rivoluzione Fascista (“ Exhibitions of the Fascist Revolution ”) organized in Rome, decorating its halls with futuristic works. During the reign of the fascist regime in Italy, Mario Sironi enjoyed the patronage of the authorities and carried out numerous orders for monumental wall painting, creating mosaics and bas-reliefs. After the Second World War , the artist's works took part in contemporary painting exhibitions of document I, II and III in Kassel (respectively in 1955 , 1959 and 1964 ).
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Notes
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2012.
Literature
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- Tarakanova E.V. Strokes to the ceremonial portrait of the regime (visual agitation of fascist Italy) // Works of the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg University. 2016. No. 25. P. 166-176.
- Sylvia Martin "Futurismus", Köln, 2005
- Braun, Emily. Mario Sironi and Italian Modernism: Art and Politics under Fascism, Cambridge University Press, 2000