GIORGIO DE CHIRICO

Giorgio de Chirico was born in 1888 in Greece. He went to Polytechnic School in Athens with his brother. He encounters paintings by Arnold Böcklin, Max Klinger and Alfred Kubin in Munich for the first time, which leave a great impression on him. He went to Italy in 1990 and started living there.He mostly tarveled and participated in some exhibitions. The choice of topics and the atmosphere of his paintings show the strong influence of Friedrich Nietzsche's works.Reality and dream worlds mingle, he paints fantastic ideal architecture and city and landscapes views, strictly following the rules of perspectives, in them he places single statues and the "Manichini" - faceless manikins, that seem to be lost in the surroundings. 
The Red Tower (1913)


Carlo Carra decided to join him in 1917. They express the basic theories of the "Pittura Metafisica" after the war, which Chirico will publish in form of articles for the magazine "Valori Plastici".De Chirico is best known for the paintings he produced between 1909 and 1919, his metaphysical period, which are memorable for the haunted, brooding moods evoked by their images. 


 Love Song 1914 
                                                                                                                             1947 replica of The Disquieting Muses




Giorgio de Chirico's compositions became more classical as of the late 1930s. He drew some of his earlier metaphysic works again, some of them he even dates back. Giorgio de Chirico died in Rome on November 11, 1978.


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