Giacomo Balla was an Italian painter, art teacher and poet best known as a key proponent of Futurism. In his paintings, he depicted light, movement and speed. He was concerned with expressing movement in his works, but unlike other leading futurists he was not interested in machines or violence with his works tending towards the witty and whimsical.
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Works in Collection
10 works
Circular Planes
Giacomo Balla
1924
Futuristic Painting (Peinture futuriste) from Art of Toda...
Giacomo Balla
1953 (original executed in 1924)
Il Futurismo letterhead (Letter to Albertino)
Giacomo Balla
c.1915
Il Futurismo letterhead (Letter to Malespine from Marinetti)
Giacomo Balla
c.1915
Movimento Futurista letterhead (Letter from Marinetti)
Giacomo Balla
c.1939
Speeding Automobile
Giacomo Balla
1912
Street Light
Giacomo Balla
c. 1910-11 (dated on painting 1909)
Study for Street Light
Giacomo Balla
(1909)
Study for Street Light
Giacomo Balla
(1909)
Swifts: Paths of Movement + Dynamic Sequences
Giacomo Balla
1913
Exhibitions
26 exhibitionsNov 19, 1934 – Jan 20, 1935
Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition
117 artists
Mar 02, 1936 – Apr 19, 1936
Cubism and Abstract Art
113 artists · 1 curator
May 10, 1939 – Sep 30, 1939
Painting, Sculpture, Prints
154 artists
Aug 18, 1943 – Sep 19, 1943
Action Photography
44 artists · 1 curator
Jul 02, 1946 – Sep 12, 1954
Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
112 artists · 1 curator
Jun 28, 1949 – Sep 18, 1949
Twentieth Century Italian Art
45 artists · 2 curators
Oct 05, 1949 – Dec 04, 1949
Modern Art in Your Life
164 artists · 1 curator
Jul 11, 1950 – Sep 05, 1950
Three Modern Styles
94 artists
Aug 12, 1952 – Sep 21, 1952
Works from the Museum Collection
29 artists · 1 curator
Oct 19, 1954 – Feb 06, 1955
XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
260 artists
Oct 08, 1958
Second Floor Permanent Collection
28 artists
Dec 21, 1960 – Feb 05, 1961
Recent Acquisitions
222 artists · 3 curators
May 30, 1961 – Sep 05, 1961
Futurism
11 artists · 1 curator
May 27, 1964
Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
169 artists
Dec 09, 1965 – Mar 21, 1966
Around the Automobile
21 artists
May 28, 1969 – Sep 01, 1969
Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
119 artists · 1 curator
Nov 05, 1969 – Jan 02, 1973
Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
35 artists
Jul 28, 1971 – Nov 01, 1971
Ways of Looking
132 artists · 1 curator
Mar 29, 1972
Permanent Collection
45 artists · 2 curators
Mar 07, 1973 – Jun 04, 1973
Works on Paper
58 artists
May 24, 1973 – Aug 19, 1973
Drawings from the Kröller-Müller National Museum, Otterlo
39 artists · 1 curator
Oct 23, 1980
Reinstallation of the Collection
129 artists
Mar 08, 1982 – Mar 01, 1983
Masterpieces from the Collection
19 artists · 2 curators
May 17, 1984
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
59 artists · 2 curators
Oct 02, 1985 – Jan 07, 1986
Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 19101980
107 artists · 2 curators
Jan 24, 1987 – Jun 14, 1987
Drawings Acquisitions
65 artists · 1 curator