Carlo Carrà
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Carlo Carrà 🇮🇹

Carlo Dalmazzo Carrà
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Born Feb 11, 1881 🇮🇹 Quargnento, Italy
Passed Away Apr 13, 1966 Milan, Italy
Lifespan 85 years old
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"We must return to the simplicity of the archaic, where painting is solid and eternal."

Archival Overview

Italian painter who was a leading figure of Italian Futurism before joining Giorgio de Chirico to pioneer Metaphysical painting and a monumental classical revival.

Biographical Record

Carlo Carrà was a co-signer of the 'Manifesto of Futurist Painters' in 1910, creating dynamic masterpieces of speed, noise, and urban riot such as 'The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli' (1911). His early Futurist collages pulsed with kinetic typographies and acoustic turbulence.

In 1917, while stationed at Ferrara during World War I, Carrà met Giorgio de Chirico and embraced Pittura Metafisica, trading violent speed for stillness, geometry, and mysterious geometric mannequins. In the 1920s, he transitioned toward a serene, archaic monumental realism inspired by Giotto and early Renaissance frescoes.

Key Life Milestones

1911

The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli

Painted his dynamic Futurist tour-de-force capturing political clash and kinetic motion.

1917

The Metaphysical Muse

Completed La musa metafisica, epitomizing his transition to metaphysical stillness and structured spatial mystery.

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Memorial Location
Milan, Italy
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