Aroldo Bonzagni (24 September 1887 – 30 December 1918) was a

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

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, and

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...

born in

Cento, Italy The Middle East Treaty Organization (METO), also known as the Baghdad Pact and subsequently known as the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), was a military alliance of the Cold War. It was formed in 24 February 1955 by Pahlavi dynasty, Iran, Kin ...

. He moved to

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

to attend the ''

Accademia di Brera The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera ("academy of fine arts of Brera"), also known as the or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, ca ...

'' on a scholarship, joining the ranks of avant-garde artists and becoming friends with

Carlo Carrà Carlo Carrà (; February 11, 1881 – April 13, 1966) was an Italian painter and a leading figure of the Futurist movement that flourished in Italy during the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to his many paintings, he wrote a number ...

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, and

Luigi Russolo Luigi Carlo Filippo Russolo (30 April 1885 – 4 February 1947) was an Italian Futurist painter, composer, builder of experimental musical instruments, and the author of the manifesto ''The Art of Noises'' (1913). He is often regarded as one of ...

.
He was extremely critical of the elite society of the times and signed the first

Futurist Manifesto The ''Manifesto of Futurism'' (Italian: ''Manifesto del Futurismo'') is a manifesto written by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and published in 1909. Marinetti expresses an artistic philosophy called Futurism that was a rejection of th ...

in 1910. Bonzagni died from the

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in Milan.
In Cento, the '' Galleria d'arte moderna Aroldo Bonzagni'' was established in 1959 in his memory.

Gallery

File:Aroldo bonzagni, il tram di monza, 1910-15 circa (coll. privata).JPG, The tramway to

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1910-15 ca File:Bonzagni - Der Baum der Erhängten -1911.jpeg, The Hanging Tree
1911 File:Leoncavallo - Zingari - score cover.jpg, Cover of the piano/vocal score for Leoncavallo's opera ''

Zingari ' (''Gypsies''), also known as ''Gli Zingari'', is an opera in two acts by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The libretto by and is based on '' The Gypsies'', an 1827 narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin. The opera premiered on 16 September 1912 at the ...

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1912 File:Aroldo Bonzagni - Rifiuti della società.jpg, alt=Aroldo Bonzagni, bozzetto in olio su tela raffigurante tre "rifiuti della società", Poor people
1917-1918
Galleria d'arte moderna Aroldo Bonzagni

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Drawings by Aroldo Bonzagni (1887-1918)

Galleria d'Arte Moderna Aroldo Bonzagni
Italian illustrators Italian male painters 1887 births 1918 deaths Brera Academy alumni Deaths from Spanish flu People from Cento 19th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian painters 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub