Umberto Boccioni

Umberto Boccioni was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Despite his short life, his approach to the dynamism of form and the deconstruction of solid mass guided artists long after his death. His works are held by many public art museums, and in 1988 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City organized a major retrospective of 100 pieces.

Works in Collection

20 works

Development of a Bottle in Space

Umberto Boccioni

1912 (cast 1931)

Dynamism of a Soccer Player

Umberto Boccioni

1913

Muscular Dynamism

Umberto Boccioni

1913

States of Mind I: The Farewells

Umberto Boccioni

1911

States of Mind II: Those Who Go

Umberto Boccioni

1911

States of Mind III: Those Who Stay

Umberto Boccioni

1911

States of Mind: The Farewells

Umberto Boccioni

1911

States of Mind: Those Who Go

Umberto Boccioni

1911

States of Mind: Those Who Stay

Umberto Boccioni

1911

Study for Elasticity

Umberto Boccioni

1912

Study for Portrait of Ferrucio Busoni

Umberto Boccioni

1916

Study for The City Rises

Umberto Boccioni

1910

Study for The Laugh

Umberto Boccioni

1910–11

Study for The Laugh

Umberto Boccioni

1910

Study for The Laugh

Umberto Boccioni

1910–11

Study for Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

Umberto Boccioni

1913

The City Rises

Umberto Boccioni

1910

The Laugh

Umberto Boccioni

1911

The Riot

Umberto Boccioni

1911 or after

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

Umberto Boccioni

1913 (cast 1931 or 1934)

Exhibitions

42 exhibitions

Mar 02, 1936 – Apr 19, 1936

Cubism and Abstract Art

113 artists · 1 curator

Mar 25, 1942 – May 03, 1942

New Acquisitions and Extended Loans: Cubist and Abstract Art

29 artists

Feb 16, 1944 – May 10, 1944

Modern Drawings

120 artists · 3 curators

Jul 02, 1946 – Sep 12, 1954

Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

112 artists · 1 curator

Apr 15, 1947 – Jun 01, 1947

Drawings in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

83 artists

May 03, 1949 – Jul 17, 1949

Recent Acquisitions

11 artists

Jun 28, 1949 – Sep 18, 1949

Twentieth Century Italian Art

45 artists · 2 curators

Jan 31, 1950 – May 07, 1950

Recent Acquisitions

32 artists

Jan 29, 1952 – Mar 23, 1952

Masterworks Acquired through the Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund

17 artists · 1 curator

Aug 12, 1952 – Sep 21, 1952

Works from the Museum Collection

29 artists · 1 curator

Apr 28, 1953 – Sep 07, 1953

Sculpture of the XXth Century

47 artists · 1 curator

Apr 21, 1954 – Jun 06, 1954

Faces and Figures: Drawings from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

41 artists · 1 curator

Aug 18, 1954 – Sep 06, 1954

The Modern Movement in Italy: Architecture and Design

68 artists · 1 curator

Oct 19, 1954 – Feb 06, 1955

XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

260 artists

Nov 13, 1957 – Jan 05, 1958

Recent Acquisitions

37 artists

Oct 08, 1958 – Nov 09, 1958

Works of Art: Given or Promised

22 artists · 1 curator

Oct 08, 1958

Second Floor Permanent Collection

28 artists

Dec 03, 1959 – Jan 31, 1960

Recent Acquisitions

49 artists · 1 curator

Jun 08, 1960 – Sep 06, 1960

Art Nouveau

118 artists · 3 curators

Oct 11, 1960 – Jan 02, 1961

100 Drawings from the Museum Collection

74 artists · 1 curator

May 30, 1961 – Sep 05, 1961

Futurism

11 artists · 1 curator

May 30, 1961 – Aug 06, 1961

Boccioni Drawings and Etchings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Winston

1 artist · 1 curator

Apr 10, 1962 – Aug 12, 1962

Fifty Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

40 artists · 1 curator

May 27, 1964

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

169 artists

May 27, 1964 – Mar 23, 1965

Drawings from the Museum Collections: A Selection

57 artists · 1 curator

Jan 17, 1968 – Mar 04, 1968

The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

55 artists · 1 curator

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

May 23, 1970 – Aug 31, 1970

Preliminary Drawings

27 artists · 1 curator

May 11, 1971 – Oct 19, 1971

A Selection of Drawings and Watercolors from the Museum Collection

58 artists · 1 curator

Mar 29, 1972

Permanent Collection

45 artists · 2 curators

Jun 27, 1972 – Oct 10, 1972

European Drawings from the Collection

24 artists · 1 curator

Mar 07, 1973 – Jun 04, 1973

Works on Paper

58 artists

Aug 05, 1975 – Sep 28, 1975

Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse

21 artists · 1 curator

Feb 09, 1976 – May 09, 1976

Cubism and Its Affinities

45 artists · 1 curator

Dec 17, 1976 – Mar 01, 1977

European Master Paintings from Swiss Collections: Post-Impressionism to World War II

35 artists · 1 curator

May 18, 1979 – Jun 06, 1979

Thirty Sculptors' Drawings

29 artists · 1 curator

Mar 01, 1982 – Mar 16, 1982

A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881–1981

59 artists · 1 curator

Oct 26, 1983 – Jan 03, 1984

The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

81 artists · 1 curator

May 17, 1984

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

59 artists · 2 curators

May 17, 1984

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

61 artists · 2 curators

Apr 26, 1986 – Sep 02, 1986

Sculptors' Drawings

41 artists · 1 curator