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From the first sketch to the final varnish, Dynamism of a Cyclist is made by hand. Based on Umberto Boccioni's original. This heritage oil painting wall decor is crafted on artist-grade canvas for anyone who wants fine art oil painting with the character of an original.
1913
Oil on canvas
70 cm x 95 cm (27.6 in x 37.4 in)
Museo del Novecento (Milan, Italy) – Gianni Mattioli Collection.
This beautiful painting, with its silvery lights and its vortex of cones and fin-like forms, is among Umberto Boccioni’s most accomplished studies of dynamic movement. Although the bicycle was first invented in 1818, it was not until the 1890s that the modern bicycle, with its diamond-patterned frame, roller-chain drive and pneumatic tires, had become established. The racing cyclist can be taken as a characteristic Futurist symbol of dynamic modern life—man moving swiftly through time and space by the propulsion of his legs enhanced by modern technology. This subject highlights the dynamic fusion of cycle, figure (bent double over his handlebars with his backside in the air), and space in single plastic form.
Boccioni made innumerable preparatory drawings for the Dynamism of a Cyclist, in which a network of arching lines, dominate the diagrammatic construction of the unified form—lines which in the painting are for the most part, but not always, resolved into curving planes animated by the choppy, still Divisionist brushwork with which Boccioni gave such surface vitality to all of his mature work.
The fine art subject is rebuilt stroke by stroke in oil, giving the finished canvas the depth expected of heritage oil painting wall decor.
We use a 100% hand-painted process: stretched artist-grade canvas, layered oil pigment, and a final protective varnish. There are no inkjet prints or mechanical reproductions in this collection — just a painted fine art artwork made to order.
Build a hallway gallery wall around this fine art oil painting, or let it stand alone as a single statement. The hand painted canvas finish keeps the fine art composition looking intentional in both classic and contemporary rooms.
Whether the search term is fine art oil painting, hallway wall art, or heritage oil painting wall decor, this hand painted canvas delivers the same thing: a real painted surface, made to your chosen dimensions.
| Size | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 X 24 in | $68.48 |
| 24 X 36 in | $106.48 |
| 30 X 40 in | $146.98 |
| 36 X 48 in | $195.48 |
| 48 X 72 in | $379.98 |
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