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