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

Francesco Capella (1711 - 1784)
Francesco Capella
1711 - 1784
Arcangelo Resani (1670 - 1740)
Arcangelo Resani
1670 - 1740
Jean-Joseph Taillasson (1745 - 1809)
Jean-Joseph Taillasson
1745 - 1809
Donato Mascagni (1570 - 1637)
Donato Mascagni
1570 - 1637
Giovanni Agostino Ratti (1699 - 1755)
Giovanni Agostino Ratti
1699 - 1755
Cesare Dandini (1596 - 1657)
Cesare Dandini
1596 - 1657
Luigi Querena (1820 - 1887)
Luigi Querena
1820 - 1887
Camillo Rusconi (1658 - 1728)
Camillo Rusconi
1658 - 1728
Alberto Pasini (1826 - 1899)
Alberto Pasini
1826 - 1899
Alfredo Chighine (1914 - 1974)
Alfredo Chighine
1914 - 1974
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
Marcus Tullius Cicero
106 BC - 43 BC
Antonietta Brandeis (1848 - 1926)
Antonietta Brandeis
1848 - 1926
Romolo Romani (1884 - 1916)
Romolo Romani
1884 - 1916
Giovanni Carlo Aliberti (1662 - 1727)
Giovanni Carlo Aliberti
1662 - 1727
Carla Accardi (1924 - 2014)
Carla Accardi
1924 - 2014
Emilio Giuseppe Dossena (1903 - 1987)
Emilio Giuseppe Dossena
1903 - 1987

Creators Cubism

Aldo Nason (1920)
Aldo Nason
1920
Georges Braque (1882 - 1963)
Georges Braque
1882 - 1963
Alejandro Otero (1921 - 1990)
Alejandro Otero
1921 - 1990
Charles Henry Alston (1907 - 1977)
Charles Henry Alston
1907 - 1977
Konstantin Konstantinovich Olimpov (1889 - 1940)
Konstantin Konstantinovich Olimpov
1889 - 1940
Herbert Schneider (1924 - 1983)
Herbert Schneider
1924 - 1983
Fyodor Semyonovich Bogorodsky (1895 - 1959)
Fyodor Semyonovich Bogorodsky
1895 - 1959
Gino Severini (1883 - 1966)
Gino Severini
1883 - 1966
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (1893 - 1930)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky
1893 - 1930
Eliseo Mattiacci (1940 - 2019)
Eliseo Mattiacci
1940 - 2019
Titina Maselli (1924 - 2005)
Titina Maselli
1924 - 2005
Manuel Rodríguez Lozano (1896 - 1971)
Manuel Rodríguez Lozano
1896 - 1971
Harvey Guzzini (1929 - 2020)
Harvey Guzzini
1929 - 2020
Gabriele Stock-Schmilinsky (1903 - 1984)
Gabriele Stock-Schmilinsky
1903 - 1984
Jean Le Moal (1909 - 2007)
Jean Le Moal
1909 - 2007
Howard Cook (1901 - 1980)
Howard Cook
1901 - 1980