Balla Giacomo

The Italian painter, sculptor, and designer Giacomo Balla was one of the founders of Futurism and is best known for his works from that period, when he began signing his works with the pseudonym “Futur Balla” Born in Turin on July 18, 1871, Balla was self-taught, and his early landscapes and portraits were influenced by the Italian Divisionists After moving to Rome in 1895, the artist traveled to Paris, where, during his numerous trips, he came into contact with the industrialism of the modern metropolis, which would later influence his paintings His depiction of moving objects and the rendering of artificial light derive from the speed and movement of Paris’s illuminated avenues Shortly after signing the Technical Manifesto of Futurist Painting in 1910, Balla became an active and influential member of the group and, later, one of the first practitioners of abstract sculpture In 1930, he began his definitive return to the traditional, impressionist-figurative style of his youth…

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