Gerardo Dottori

Gerardo Dottori ( born November 11, 1884 in Perugia, † June 13, 1977 ) was an Italian painter, poet and author of Futurism.

Life

Dottori attended the Accademia di Belle Arti in his native town and came in 1912 to Futurism. Particularly close he was to Giacomo Balla. During the First World War, he wrote and published under the pseudonym " G. Voglio " poems. In 1920 he founded, together with Presenzini Mattoli the magazine " Griffa! " In 1926 he moved to Rome, where he lived until 1939 and also been active as a journalist. Together with other futurists, he is repeatedly made ​​in Italy and internationally. Back in Perugia, he teaches painting at the Academy.

The special position Dottoris as a futurist is related mainly to the second Futurism and the Aeropittura, the " air painting" in context, in 1929 he was one of the signatories of the " Manifesto de l' Aeropittura " together with the other futuristic painters Giacomo Balla, Enrico Prampolini, Fortunato Depero Fillia ( Luigi Enrico Colombo), Benedetta ( Benedetta Cappa ), Tato ( Guglielmo Sansoni, 1896-1973 ), Rosso and others. In 1941 he wrote the " Manifesto Futurist Umbra dell ' Aeropittura ". In 1967, he is a signatory of the manifesto " Futurism oggi ", together with Benedetto, Acquaviva, Bruschetti, Dalmonte, Crali, Pettoruti, Marasco and Sartoris. This manifesto was accompanied by an exhibition in Formia. Until his death he remained a painter Futurism faithful.