Who created "Study for "The Street Pavers": Two Workmen"?

Study for "The Street Pavers": Two Workmen was created by Umberto Boccioni in 1914.

What medium is "Study for "The Street Pavers": Two Workmen"?

Study for "The Street Pavers": Two Workmen is Graphite and ink on paper.

Is "Study for "The Street Pavers": Two Workmen" in the public domain?

Yes, Study for "The Street Pavers": Two Workmen is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Study for "The Street Pavers": Two Workmen

Umberto Boccioni

1914

Medium

Graphite and ink on paper

Dimensions

5 1/2 × 8 3/16 in. (13.9 × 20.8 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989

Accession Number

1990.38.28

Tags

Human Figures

Art Historical Context

**Study for "The Street Pavers": Workmen** Umberto Boccioni, 1914 Graphite and ink on paper, 5 1/2 × 8 3/16 in. (13.9 × 20.8 cm) Step into the dynamic world of Italian Futurism with this drawing by Umberto Boccioni, a figure in the movement that revolutionized early 20th-century art. Created in 1914, just as Europe teetered on the brink of World War, this preparatory study captures two workmen in a moment of urban labor. Boccioni, who co-authored the Futurist Manifesto in 1910, sought to depict the energy of modern life—machines, speed, and the vitality of the working class—through frag...

About the Artist

Umberto Boccioni · 1882–1916

Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916) was an Italian painter and sculptor who became the leading artist and principal theorist of the Futurist movement. Born in Reggio Calabria, he studied in Rome under the Divisionist painter Giacomo Balla and was deeply influenced by Post-Impressionism before encountering the ideas of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, whose 1909 Futurist Manifesto catalyzed Boccioni's artistic ...

Study for "The Street Pavers": Two Workmen

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