About this Work
About the Artist
Italian
b. 1888
d. 1978Giorgio De Chirico was born in Volos, Greece from Italian parents. He was a pre-surrealist painter and founded the scuola metafisica movement in Italy. De Chirico studied in Athens, Florence and Germany where he was exposed and influenced by Nietzsche and Schopenhauer. He is best known for his metaphysical works produced between 1909 and 1919 that are characterized by haunted, ethereal moods. His subjects varied from cityscapes inspired by the sharp contrasts of the Mediterranean sunlight to cluttered interiors inhabited by complex figures. His work inspired later Surrealists such as Salvador Dalí and René Magritte as well as Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni. In his later life De Chirico abandoned his metaphysical style for a more realistic approach. His works are found in the collections of major museums including the MoMA in New York City, National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, San Franciso MoMA, Tate Gallery in London, Peggy Guggenheim Museums in New York and Venice, and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, among many others. He died in 1978.
b. 1888
d. 1978Giorgio De Chirico was born in Volos, Greece from Italian parents. He was a pre-surrealist painter and founded the scuola metafisica movement in Italy. De Chirico studied in Athens, Florence and Germany where he was exposed and influenced by Nietzsche and Schopenhauer. He is best known for his metaphysical works produced between 1909 and 1919 that are characterized by haunted, ethereal moods. His subjects varied from cityscapes inspired by the sharp contrasts of the Mediterranean sunlight to cluttered interiors inhabited by complex figures. His work inspired later Surrealists such as Salvador Dalí and René Magritte as well as Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni. In his later life De Chirico abandoned his metaphysical style for a more realistic approach. His works are found in the collections of major museums including the MoMA in New York City, National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, San Franciso MoMA, Tate Gallery in London, Peggy Guggenheim Museums in New York and Venice, and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, among many others. He died in 1978.
