Designer
Giacomo Balla
Giacomo Balla (born in Turin on 18 July 1871, died in Rome on 1 March 1958) was an Italian painter, sculptor, set designer and "freeword" author. He studied for three years at Turin's Royal Academy of Fine Arts and settled in Rome in 1895.
Biography
Background
Giacomo Balla (born in Turin on 18 July 1871, died in Rome on 1 March 1958) was an Italian painter, sculptor, set designer and "freeword" author. He studied for three years at Turin's Royal Academy of Fine Arts and settled in Rome in 1895.
Signature Style
Balla was a prominent exponent of Futurism. He signed the 1910 manifesto Futurist Painters and Futurist Painting, the 1915 manifesto Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe with Depero, and in 1918 he published the Manifesto of Colour.
Notable Works
- La Pazza (The Madwoman)
- Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash (1912)
- Girl Running on a Balcony and the studies for Compenetrazioni iridescenti
- Abstract Speed + Sound (1913-14)
- The decoration of the Bal Tic Tac cabaret in Rome (1920)
- The wood screen drawn from his tempera and pencil sketch, produced by Cassina as the Paravento Balla
Legacy
After 1937 Balla was set aside by official culture until the post-war reappraisal of his work and of Futurism in general. Cassina includes him among its iMaestri.
