Air painting

Aerial painting arose at the late stage of futurism, when such masters as Balla and Depero temporarily left the movement. The fertile soil for its emergence was widespread public interest in the massive use of aviation that began in the early 20s of the 20th century ^[1] , which covered not only Italy. A big fan of aviation and an advocate of air flying was F. T. Marinetti , a central figure in Italian futurism. In 1929, he, together with the futuristic artists Dottori , Tato , Krali , Prampolini and some others, published his Manifesto aerial painting Manifesto ( Manifesto dell´Aeropittura ) in Gazette del Popolo.

Italian futurism throughout its existence was characterized by the cult of machines, speed, rhythm and dynamics. Therefore, aero painting was a natural continuation of his artistic traditions of the 10s - 20s.

Unusual spatial perspectives during the flight, its extraordinary speed prompted new artistic solutions. The central theme of a large number of works was a top view of a parabolic curved ground. Artists involved in aerial painting used the same means of depiction as the masters of the 1920s: rich, sometimes mixed paints, a cubic or, as it were, “fragmented” composition of paintings. Over time, artists from a simple "documentation" of the flight move to an image abstracted from everything else, perfect hover in limitless space. In a manifesto written in 1931 by Marinetti, the author, speaking of the lyricism of aero painting, calls it “extraterrestrial spirituality” of fine art.

Air painting as an art movement ceased to exist after the death of Marinetti in 1944 and the collapse of the fascist regime in Italy.

• Sylvia Martin "Futurismus", Köln 2005.

• Manifesto of aero painting (Italian) . Date of treatment April 13, 2015.