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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Futurist Paintings from MOMA

"Working in the years just before World War I, the Futurists depicted speeding trains, cafes illuminated by gaslight, charging military vehicles, and strong, machinelike human bodies - all hallmarks of the modern world."


Fernand Leger,French,  Exit the Ballets Russes 1914



Gino Severini, Italian, Armored Train in Action 1915


 Mikhail Larionov, Russian, Rayonist Composition: Domination of Red 1912-13


Gino Severini, Italian, Visual Synthesis of the Idea of War 1914

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