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"The Street Enters the House," Umberto Boccioni, 1911.

Boccioni (1882-1916) had a brief life but was a seminal figure in the Futurist movement. He started off as a Neo-Impressionist, but with this painting he kicked off a transition into Futurism, both in painting and sculpture.

Futurism, mostly an Italian movement emphasized dynamism, speed, technology, youth, violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial city, as we see here with the woman looking over her balcony at the noisy goings-on. A general interpretation is that the images represent the sounds coming in through the window.

Boccioni also did a few canvases centered on bicycles and some sculptures that focused on suggesting movement rather than simple presenting a body at rest.

Boccioni was drafted into the Italian Army during WWI and was killed during a training exercise; he fell off his horse and was trampled by it.

From the Sprengel Museum Hannover.

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