Timeline

1871

Born on July 18 in Turin

1893

Began work as a lithographer, but moved to Rome

1900

Spent nine months in Paris

1910

Wrote the 'Manifesto dei pittori futuristi' and the 'Manifesto tecnico della pittura futurista' together with U. Boccioni, C. Carrà, G. Severini and L. Russolo

Began designing and painting Futurist furniture and also created Futurist "antineutral" clothing

1913 - 1916

Painted pictures that approached pure abstraction

1913

Began signing his pictures 'Futur Balla'

1914

Began sculpting and the following year created perhaps his best known sculpture called Boccioni's Fist

1930

Started to gradually move away from Futurism

1935

Made a member of Rome's Accademia di San Luca

1937

Returned to traditional representational art and the veristic representation of themes from his youth

1958

Died on March 1 in Rome