Vintage photopostcard of a actress

Anton Giulio Bragaglia

Publication Date: 1920

About this Item

Stamp on the back. 14 x 10 cm. Anton Giulio Bragaglia pioneer in Italian Futurist photography and Futurist cinema, Anton Giulio Bragaglia was a versatile and intellectual artist with wide interests, and wrote about film, theatre, and dance. He published two Futurist manifestos, Fotodinamica Futurista (1912) and Manifesto of Futurist Cinema (1916), founded the avant garde magazine Cronache di Attualitŕ, and the film studio "Novissima-Film." In 1918 he opened an art gallery, the "Casa d'Arte Bragaglia", which became a nexus of avant garde artists and exhibitions. It displayed the work of such modernists as Balla, Depero, De Chirico, Boccioni, Klimt and Kandinsky. In 1922 he opened the "Teatro Sperimentale degli Indipendenti" which he directed till 1936. Bragaglia described his theories on the theater in Maschera mobile (1926), Del teatro teatrale ossia del teatro (1927), and Il segreto di Tabarrino (1933). His younger siblings Arturo (an actor) and Carlo Ludovico (a film director) were both involved in Italian cinema from the 1930s to mid-1960s.

Seller Inventory # 3037

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vintage photopostcard of a actress
• Publication Date: 1920
• Binding: Stamp on the back
• Condition: Fine condition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography
  • Avant-garde