Giacomo Balla was an Italian painter, art teacher and poet best known as a key proponent of Futurism.
11 Facts About Giacomo Balla
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Giacomo Balla was concerned with expressing movement in his works, but unlike other leading futurists he was not interested in machines or violence with his works tending towards the witty and whimsical.
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Giacomo Balla was born in Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy.
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Giacomo Balla was the son of a photographer and as a child studied music.
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Giacomo Balla was a signatory of the Futurist Manifesto in 1910.
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Giacomo Balla began working as a sculptor, creating, in 1915, the well-known work titled Boccioni's Fist, based on 'lines of force'.
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In 1955, Giacomo Balla participated in the documenta 1 in Kassel.
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Giacomo Balla's 1909 painting The Street Light typifies his exploration of light, atmosphere, and motion.
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Giacomo Balla created at least a dozen versions and studies of this work.
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Giacomo Balla was a leading voice in the Futurists movement that involved fashion.
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Giacomo Balla designed a peculiar, wrap-around garment designed with aggressive patterns called 'force-lines' in the red, white and green of the Italian flag, complete with a matching tricolour beret.