Gino Severini

Artist, born in Cortona, C Italy. He studied in Rome and Paris, and signed the first Futurist manifesto in 1910. After 1914 he reverted to a more representational style, which he used in fresco and mosaic work, particularly in a number of Swiss and Italian churches. From 1940 onwards he adopted a decorative Cubist manner.

Gino Severini (April 7, 1883 – February 26, 1966), was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement. His work was influenced by Cubism and in 1921 he published a book Du Cubisme au Classicisme. In the 1920s his style became more traditional and he did several decorative commissions, including murals for churches in Switzerland.

Gino Severini died on February 26, 1966, in his Parisian home at no.