Ardengo Soffici (1879 - 1964)

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Ardengo Soffici

Ardengo Soffici was an Italian artist and art critic. One of the founders of futurism. Supported Fascism.

Ardengo Soffici entered the Florence Academy of Fine Arts in 1897, then went on to study painting in Paris, where he became an art critic and illustrator in 1904. During this period he meets Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Gino Severini and Guillaume Apollinaire. From 1908 he works for a new magazine "La Voce", in which he publishes a number of his essays on contemporary French painting and literature. Strongly influenced by Cubism since his Paris trip, Ardengo Soffici sharply criticises Futurist painting in his articles.

Date and place of birt:7 april 1879, Rignano sull'Arno, Italy
Date and place of death:12 august 1964, Forte dei Marmi, Italy
Nationality:Italy
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Artist
Genre:Cityscape, Landscape painting, Rural landscape
Art style:Cubism, Futurism

Creators Italy

Luigi Guardigli (1923 - 2008)
Luigi Guardigli
1923 - 2008
Vincenzo Agnetti (1926 - 1981)
Vincenzo Agnetti
1926 - 1981
Giò Pomodoro (1930 - 2002)
Giò Pomodoro
1930 - 2002
Agostino Veneziano (1490 - 1540)
Agostino Veneziano
1490 - 1540
Richard von Hagn (1850 - 1933)
Richard von Hagn
1850 - 1933
Hermann Nestel (1858 - 1905)
Hermann Nestel
1858 - 1905
Gabriella Porpora (1942)
Gabriella Porpora
1942
Antonio Franchi (Il Lucchese) (1638 - 1709)
Antonio Franchi (Il Lucchese)
1638 - 1709
Matteo Rosselli (1578 - 1650)
Matteo Rosselli
1578 - 1650
Francesco de Mura (1696 - 1782)
Francesco de Mura
1696 - 1782
Carlo Rivalta (1887 - 1941)
Carlo Rivalta
1887 - 1941
Girolamo Marchesi (1471 - 1559)
Girolamo Marchesi
1471 - 1559
Francesco Trevisani (1656 - 1746)
Francesco Trevisani
1656 - 1746
Roberto Miniati (1952)
Roberto Miniati
1952
Corrado Giuseppe Parducci (1900 - 1981)
Corrado Giuseppe Parducci
1900 - 1981
Giuseppe Marchesi (1699 - 1771)
Giuseppe Marchesi
1699 - 1771

Creators Cubism

Alexei Ilyich Bashlakov (1936 - 1980)
Alexei Ilyich Bashlakov
1936 - 1980
Maurice Esteve (1904 - 2001)
Maurice Esteve
1904 - 2001
Maurice de Vlaminck (1876 - 1958)
Maurice de Vlaminck
1876 - 1958
Louis Marcoussis (1878 - 1941)
Louis Marcoussis
1878 - 1941
Mauro Reggiani (1897 - 1980)
Mauro Reggiani
1897 - 1980
Rudolph Belarski (1900 - 1983)
Rudolph Belarski
1900 - 1983
Eugène-Nestor de Kermadec (1899 - 1976)
Eugène-Nestor de Kermadec
1899 - 1976
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Pierre Paulin (1927 - 2009)
Pierre Paulin
1927 - 2009
Ray Pioch (XX century - ?)
Ray Pioch
XX century - ?
Petr Ignatevich Bromirskii (1886 - 1919)
Petr Ignatevich Bromirskii
1886 - 1919
Heinrich Campendonk (1889 - 1957)
Heinrich Campendonk
1889 - 1957
Osip Maksimovich Brik (1888 - 1945)
Osip Maksimovich Brik
1888 - 1945
Auguste Herbin (1882 - 1960)
Auguste Herbin
1882 - 1960
Walter Müller (1901 - 1975)
Walter Müller
1901 - 1975
Nikolai Suetin (1897 - 1954)
Nikolai Suetin
1897 - 1954