1881-1966 Leading Italian Futurist painter.

In 1909 he met with Umberto Boccioni, Luigi Russolo and Marinetti. Up to that point the Futurism movement had been primarily for musicians and composers. Carra proposed that painters also be a part of it. Marinetti was very supportive. And so they set about writing their own Manifesto of Futurist Painters. It wasn't finshed and signed until 1910.

In 1917 he met the painter Giorgio de Chirico. The two developed Pittura Metaphysica (Metaphysical Painting).

He wrote:

• The Painting of Sounds, Noises, and Smells - 1913
• Pintura metafísica
• Plastic Planes as Spherical Expansions in Space - 1913
• Interventionist Manifesto - 1915
• Warpainting - 1915

He Signed:

• Manifesto of Futurist Painters - 1910
• Technical Manifesto of Futurist Painting - 1910
• Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe - 1915

• The Futurist Intonarumori
• Abstract Cinema - Chromatic Music

Sources:
Taylor, Joshua C., FUTURISM, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1961.
Tisdall, Caroline and Bozzolla, Angelo, "Futurism", Thames and Hudson, London, 1996.
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