Tribute to Giacomo Balla

Title of the painting: Tribute to Giacomo Balla

Fresco on wood with finishing touches

Dimensions: 122 x 153 cm. | 48 x 62 inch.

Titolo del quadro: Omaggio a Giacomo Balla

Affresco su legno con ritocchi

Dimensioni: 122 x 153 cm. | 48 x 62 inch.

Tribute to the Master Giacomo Balla, (born July 24, 1871, Turin, Italy-died March 1, 1958, Rome) italian artist and founding member of the Futurist movement in painting.

Balla had little formal art training, having attended briefly an academy in Turin. He moved to Rome in his twenties. As a young artist, he was greatly influenced by French Neo-Impressionism during a sojourn he made in Paris in 1900. Upon his return to Rome, he adopted the Neo-Impressionist style and imparted it to two younger artists, Umberto Boccioni and Gino Severini. Balla’s early works reflect contemporary French trends but also hint at his lifelong interest in rendering light and its effects.