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
Gino Severini
Gino Severini was an Italian Futurist painter who used fractured color, dancers, nightclub scenes, and collage to capture the motion of modern life.
Gino Severini quick facts
Based in Paris, Severini combined Italian Futurist movement with Cubist fragmentation, especially in paintings of dance, light, and music.
| Born | 1883 · Cortona, Italy |
|---|---|
| Died | 1966 · Paris, France |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Movements | Futurism; Cubism (influence) |
| Paint types | Oil Paint · Gouache Paint |
| Painting surfaces | Canvas · Paper |
| Painting methods | Fragmented color planes, overlapping forms, rhythmic lines, pasted paper, and in some works sequins added to painted canvas |
| Common subjects | Dancers, Parisian dance halls, musicians, trains, war, light, and urban movement |
| Notable works | Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabarin · Dancer = Propeller = Sea · Oval Composition · Still Life: Bottle + Vase + Journal + Table |
| Mixed materials | Sequins attached to oil painting, and newspaper collage combined with charcoal and gouache |
Sources: Guggenheim: Gino Severini biography, MoMA: Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabarin, oil on canvas and sequins, MoMA: Oval Composition, gouache on paper, The Met: Dancer = Propeller = Sea, oil on canvas, The Met: Still Life, gouache and pasted papers.
Paint types used
Severini painted Futurist works in oil on canvas and used gouache for colored paper studies and energetic cut-paper collages.
Gouache Paint
Gouache paint is an opaque, water-based art medium made with pigment and a water-soluble binder, drying to a matte finish that can be reactivated with water.
Surface types used
Museum collections document his oil paintings on canvas and gouache studies and newspaper collages on paper.
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.
Paper
Paper is an absorbent sheet material made from pressed fibers, with weight, sizing, and surface texture controlling moisture tolerance and paint behavior.
Painters similar to Gino Severini
Severini trained with Balla and shared Boccioni's Futurist interest in speed, but drew much of his subject matter from Parisian nightlife.
Giacomo Balla
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Umberto Boccioni
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