Riot in the Gallery

painting by Boccioni

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  • Boccioni, Umberto: Self-Portrait
    In Umberto Boccioni

    Boccioni’s first major Futurist painting, Riot in the Gallery (1909), remained close to pointillism and showed an affiliation with Futurism mainly in its violent subject matter and dynamic composition. The City Rises (1910–11), however, is an exemplary Futurist painting in its representation of dynamism, motion, and speed. The swirling human…

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