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Umberto Boccioni Biography

• Born October 19, 1882 in Reggio Calabria, southern Italy.
• Around 1898, he moved to Rome and studied pointillism under Giacomo Balla while attending art school.
• In 1907, he moved to Milan and deepened his connections with avant-garde artists.
• In 1910, he participated in the drafting of the "Futurist Painting Technical Manifesto" and played an active role as a central figure of the Futurist movement.
• He produced not only paintings but also sculptures, presenting groundbreaking works such as "The Unique Form of Continuity in Space."
• In 1915, he volunteered to serve in World War I.
• Died near Verona on August 17, 1916, after falling off a horse during cavalry training (aged 33)

Representative works

• The City Rises (1910)
• Simultaneous Visions (1912)
• Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1913) – sculpture
• Dynamism of a Soccer Player (1913)
• Elasticity (1912)

Boccioni's art embodies the idea of ​​Futurism, which seeks to express the speed and dynamism created by the progress of mechanical civilization through painting and sculpture. He criticized conventional art for being limited to depicting static objects, and pursued new artistic expressions that also capture movement and the passage of time. His representative work, "The Growth of the City," expresses the energy of a rapidly developing modern city with a swirling composition and vivid colors, and is widely known as a representative work of Futurist painting, with keywords such as **Boccioni The Growth of the City** and **Futurist painting**.

In addition, his sculpture "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space" is an innovative piece that uses the human body as its motif, capturing its movement in a continuous manner and expressing it as a form that flows through space. This piece has been highly praised as one of the most important works in the history of 20th century sculpture, with keywords such as **"Boccioni sculpture"** and **"Unique Forms of Continuity in Space".

Boccioni died at the early age of 33 due to his participation in World War I, but during his short active career he produced revolutionary works in the fields of painting and sculpture as a central figure of Futurism. His art had a major impact on artists of his time and contributed to the later development of abstract art and constructivism. His works are not only housed in museums in Italy, but also in major museums around the world, and you can find information on museums where you can view his works by searching for **"Boccioni works"** and **"Boccioni Museum"**.