Giorgio de Chirico

@Artists, Family and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian artist who co-founded the genre of ‘Metaphysical painting’ which had a profound influence on the Surrealists.This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements. Cancer Celebrities Italian Artists Miscellaneous Surrealist Artists Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian artist who co-founded the genre of ‘metaphysical painting’ which had a profound influence on the Surrealists. Born in Rome, he developed a keen interest in art in childhood and was also moved by philosophical writings. As a young artist, he was enthused by the European Symbolist artists and their use of dream-like imagery. His earliest signature works combined a Symbolist sensibility with his love of the classical antiquities of ancient cities and his philosophical musings on the true nature of reality. He held many exhibitions of his work around the world and was much praised for his brilliant and intricate interpretations of everyday life which were expressed vividly through his paintings. He introduced the world to the style of metaphysical painting and his enigmatic scenes of empty cities, menacing statues, mysterious shadows and strange combinations of everyday objects inspired the artists of the Surrealist movement in the 1910s. However, the element of mystery in his paintings diminished after 1919, when he eventually began painting in a more realistic and academic style. Although his later works failed to recapture the unsettling originality of his early paintings, he is still recognized and praised for his influence on both, the Surrealists and THE later generation of artists. His contribution to modern art of the 20th-century is invaluable

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Birthday: July 10, 1888 Died on: November 20, 1978 Nationality: Italian Famous: Artists, Miscellaneous, Surrealist Artists Siblings: Alberto Savinio Known as: Népo, Giorgio Chirico Universities: Academy of Fine Arts Munich Information Detail Birthday July 10, 1888 Died on November 20, 1978 Nationality Italian Famous Artists, Miscellaneous, Surrealist Artists Siblings Alberto Savinio Known as Népo, Giorgio Chirico Universities Academy of Fine Arts Munich Founder / Co-Founder with Carlo Carrà and Giorgio Morandi founded the style of Metaphysical painting. Birth Place Volos Gender Male Sun Sign Cancer Born in Volos Famous as Artist Died at Age 90

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In 1925, he met and married a Russian ballerina, Raissa Gurievich, and the couple moved to Paris. Unsplash Personal Life

In 1930, he met Isabella Pakszwer Far, a Russian, who later became his second wife. In 1932, the couple moved to Italy, finally settling in Rome in 1944. Unsplash Personal Life

He died on November 20, 1978, in Rome, Italy, at the age of 90. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born on July 10, 1888, in the town of Volos, Greece, to Evaristo de Chirico, a railway engineer, and his wife, Gemma Cervetto, a Genovese woman. He had a sister who died in childhood and a younger brother, Andrea, born in 1891. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Initially, he studied art at the ‘Higher School of Fine Arts’ in Athens. But after the death of his father in 1905, the family moved to Munich, where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

At the Academy, he also took special interest in the philosophical writings of ‘Arthur Schopenhauer’ and ‘Friedrich Nietzsche’. In 1909, he went to Italy, traveling to Milan and Turin, and later settled in Florence. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1910, he painted the first of his 'Metaphysical Town Square' series, ‘The Enigma of an Autumn Afternoon’, and later in the same year he painted ‘The Enigma of the Oracle’. Unsplash Career

In 1911, he traveled to Paris, France where he exhibited his work and met a number of influential avant-garde artists and writers, including Pablo Picasso’and Constantin Brancusi. Unsplash Career

In 1912, his works were exhibited at the ‘Salon d’Automne’ and the ‘Salon des Indépendants’. He received much appreciation for his ambiguously ominous scenes of deserted piazzas, and also sold his first painting, ‘The Red Tower’. Unsplash Career

He produced many of his most important and influential paintings during his Parisian stay of 1911–15. These include: ‘The Soothsayer's Recompense’ (1913), ‘Love Song’ (1914), and ‘The Seer’ (1915). Unsplash Career

In 1915, when he returned to Rome during the World War I, he was drafted into the Italian Army. Initially he was enlisted in military, but soon afterwards, he had a nervous breakdown and was assigned to a hospital at Ferrara. Unsplash Career

Some of his most important metaphysical works include: ‘The Enigma of an Autumn Afternoon’, ‘The Soothsayer's Recompense’ and ‘The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street’. They are considered extraordinary for the haunting, brooding moods evoked by their images. Unsplash Major Works

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Birthday	July 10, 1888
Died on	November 20, 1978
Nationality	Italian
Famous	Artists, Miscellaneous, Surrealist Artists
Siblings	Alberto Savinio
Known as	Népo, Giorgio Chirico
Universities	Academy of Fine Arts Munich
Founder / Co-Founder	with Carlo Carrà and Giorgio Morandi founded the style of Metaphysical painting.
Birth Place	Volos
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Cancer
Born in	Volos
Famous as	Artist
Died at Age	90

Giorgio de Chirico

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Jul 10, 1888

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