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Guglielmo Tato Sansoni
"Airplanes Dive Over Enemy Skies" Italian Futurism Futurist Transportation Plane

1930s

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"Airplanes Dive Over Enemy Skies" Italian Futurism Futurist Transportation Plane Guglielmo “Tato” Sansoni (Italian, 1896 – 1974) "Airplanes Dive Over Enemy Skies (Aerei in Picchiata su Stabilimenti Nemici)," 20 x 28 inches. Oil on canvas. Circa 1930s. Signed lower right. Titled and signed verso. Guglielmo Sansoni, known as Tato, was one of the primary Italian Futurist artist and one of the leading figures in plane painting. In 1920 he organized a fake funeral to "die" like Guglielmo Sansoni and be reborn as Tato Futurist. He met Filippo Tommaso Marinetti for the first time in Bologna in 1922 and became his friend. In 1929, together with other futurists, he published the Manifesto of Aeropittura in the Gazzetta del Popolo. In September 1930 he and Marinetti organized the first national photographic competition, and between that year and the following year they proposed the Futurist Photography Manifesto. He was a painter, sculptor, writer, essayist, fresco painter, ceramist, interior decorator, set designer, and futurist photographer.
  • Creator:
    Guglielmo Tato Sansoni (1896 - 1974)
  • Creation Year:
    1930s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 34 in (86.36 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU115625094822
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