Enzo Mainardi
Enzo Mainardi (30 July 1898 – 16 November 1983) was an Italian painter and poet and member of the Futurist movement from Cremona. Mainardi was born in Ticengo in 1898. He lived in Cremona for most of his life and died there in 1983.
Enzo Mainardi
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- Name
- Enzo Mainardi
- Born
- 30 July 1898
- Birthplace
- Ticengo
- Died
- 16 November 1983
- Place of death
- Cremona
- Field
- Painting, poetry
- Movement
- Futurism
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- poet · painter · writer
- Fields
- painting
- Languages
- Italian
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Enzo Mainardi (30 July 1898 – 16 November 1983) was an Italian painter and poet and member of the Futurist movement from Cremona. Mainardi was born in Ticengo in 1898. He lived in Cremona for most of his life and died there in 1983.
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He joined the Futurist movement in 1914, having met founder Filippo Tommaso Marinetti at a demonstration. He published his first collection of poems, Preludi in 1919. This included his best-known poem, "Il mio sogno" (my dream). Lines from this poem, "Vedrete la musica / Ascolterete i colori" (you will see the music / you will hear the colours), were quoted in the subtitle to Walt Disney's Fantasia. Other poems by Mainardi that have been translated into English include "La donna magnetica" (magnetic woman) and "Jazz-Band". He began painting very young. His most important paintings include "Il Fantino" (the jockey, 1918), "La donna illogica" (the illogical woman, 1922), "Rigogolo rosso" (red oriole, 1922), "L'uomo di carta" del 1924" (the paper man, 1924), and "Lettera E" (the letter E, 1924). He was the father of Danilo Mainardi.
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• Name — Enzo Mainardi • Born — 30 July 1898 • Birthplace — Ticengo • Died — 16 November 1983 • Place of death — Cremona • Field — Painting, poetry • Movement — Futurism
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- 1.Fra le diverse fonti si veda anche la voce Futurismo dell'Enciclopedia Treccani scritta nel 1932 dallo stesso Marinetti, che indicò Mainardi tra i futuristi poeti e paroliberi.
- 2.Il 2009 è considerato l'anno del Centenario del Futurismo. Sono infatti trascorsi 100 anni da quando Marinetti pubblicò il manifesto della nuova corrente artistica sulla Gazzetta dell'Emilia (5 febbraio 1909) e successivamente sul quotidiano francese Le Figaro (20 febbraio 1909).
- 3.La mostra Forte originalissimo E.M. futuristissimo si tenne all'ADAFA di Cremona dal 24 ottobre al 15 novembre 2009.
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