Oil Paint
Oil paint is a slow-drying art medium made with pigment and a drying-oil binder that allows extended working time, smooth blending, and layered application.
Painter
Carlo Carrà
Carlo Carrà was an Italian painter who moved from Futurist scenes of crowds and speed to the eerie objects and stillness of Metaphysical Painting.
Carlo Carrà quick facts
Carrà helped establish Futurist painting before turning to symbolic, geometrically arranged objects during his Metaphysical period.
| Born | 1881 · Quargnento, Italy |
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| Died | 1966 · Milan, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Movements | Futurism; Metaphysical Painting |
| Paint types | Oil Paint |
| Painting surfaces | Canvas |
| Painting methods | Angular Futurist fragmentation followed by tightly arranged still-life objects, constrained perspective, and muted architectural spaces |
| Common subjects | Crowds, riots, city cafés, bottles, mannequins, toys, studios, and geometrically arranged household objects |
| Notable works | The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli · Still Life with Triangle · The Metaphysical Muse |
| Change in approach | Dynamic Futurist compositions gave way around 1917 to quiet arrangements of objects in ambiguous interiors |
Sources: Palazzo Citterio: The Metaphysical Muse, oil on canvas, MoMA: Still Life with Triangle, oil on canvas, MoMA: Carlo Carrà collection and works, University of São Paulo Museum of Contemporary Art: Carlo Carrà biography.
Paint types used
Carrà painted major Futurist and Metaphysical works in oil, including The Metaphysical Muse and Still Life with Triangle.
Surface types used
Museum collection records document oil on canvas for his major Futurist and Metaphysical paintings.
Canvas
Canvas is a woven fabric support, commonly cotton or linen, used for painting and sold either raw or prepared with a compatible ground layer.
Painters similar to Carlo Carrà
De Chirico shared Carrà's Metaphysical experiments, while Boccioni was a fellow Futurist during Carrà's earlier exploration of modern movement.
Giorgio de Chirico
Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian painter who pioneered Metaphysical Painting with deserted plazas, classical statues, long shadows, and unsettling spaces.
Umberto Boccioni
Umberto Boccioni was an Italian Futurist painter who transformed crowded cities, moving figures, and modern emotions into fractured, dynamic forms.