Umberto Boccioni · 1913
Dynamism of a Cyclist
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A racing cyclist broken into interlocking strokes of blue, ochre, yellow and green, black force lines and curved bands of red, pink and violet sweeping through the canvas to convey speed. Gianni Mattioli Collection, on long-term loan to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.
Up to 16.6 × 12 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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Materials & quality
›Canvas & inks
Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.
›Floater frame
Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.
›Posters
Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.
›Faithful to the source
Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.
The story of Dynamism of a Cyclist
Painted in 1913, this Futurist canvas shows Boccioni's fascination with speed and modern transport. His preparatory drawings depict a head-down racing cyclist, with 'force lines' and echoing curves indicating movement. The painting tries to represent the dynamic sensation of a cyclist moving through time and space rather than a snapshot of one moment.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Umberto Boccioni
Umberto Boccioni was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Despite his short life, his approach to the dynamism of form and the deconstruction of solid mass guided artists long after his death. His works are held by many public art museums, and in 1988 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City organized a major retrospective of 100 pieces.
All Umberto Boccioni prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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