Carlo Carrà

Carlo Carrà (11 February 1881-13 April1966) was an Italian painter, a leading figure of the futurist movement that flourished in Italy during the beginning of the 20th century. His later works are perhaps closer to the style of cubism.

He was born in Quargnento near ] in 1881. At age of twelve he left home for work as a mural decorator. In 1899-1900, Carrà was in Paris decorating pavilions at the "Exposition Universelle," where he became acquainted with contemporary French art. He then spent a few months in London in contact with exiled Italian anarchists, and returned to Milan in 1901. In 1906, he enrolled at the Accademia di Brera in Milan, where he studied under Cesare Tallone . In 1910 he signed with Boccioni, Russolo and Marinetti Manifesto of Futurist Painters.

He died in Milan on 13 April 1966.

In addition to his many paintings, he wrote a number of books concerning art. He is best known for his 1911 work, The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli.