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Carlo Carrà

1881 - 1966

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Carlo Carrà (Italian: [ˈkarlo karˈra]; February 11, 1881 – April 13, 1966) was an Italian painter and a leading figure of the Futurist movement that flourished in Italy during the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to his many paintings, he wrote a number of books concerning art. He taught for many years in the city of Milan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlo Carrà is the 378th most popular painter (down from 297th in 2019), the 1,187th most popular biography from Italy (down from 964th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Italian Painter.

Carlo Carrà is most famous for his Futurist paintings, which depict the dynamism of modern life.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Carlo Carrà ranks 378 out of 2,023Before him are Jean-Marc Nattier, Anna Ancher, Alexander Roslin, Joseph Karl Stieler, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, and Lucio Fontana. After him are Dosso Dossi, William Holman Hunt, Albert Edelfelt, Giovanni Segantini, Paulus Potter, and Polygnotus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Carlo Carrà ranks 47Before him are Natalia Goncharova, Theodore von Kármán, Otto Wille Kuusinen, Ivan Ribar, Henry Maitland Wilson, and Otto Bauer. After him are Sveinn Björnsson, Emil Ludwig, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, Lewis Fry Richardson, P. G. Wodehouse, and Artur Phleps. Among people deceased in 1966, Carlo Carrà ranks 34Before him are Albert Göring, Abdul Salam Arif, Wäinö Aaltonen, Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, and Elizabeth Christ Trump. After him are Alfred Naujocks, Brian O'Nolan, D. T. Suzuki, Alexander von Falkenhausen, Charlotte Cooper, and Hannes Kolehmainen.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Carrà ranks 1,187 out of 5,161Before him are William III of Sicily (1185), Salvatore Schillaci (1964), Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498), Francesco Morosini (1619), Giuliano Amato (1938), and Carlo Ginzburg (1939). After him are Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1500), Agostino Casaroli (1914), Giambattista Marino (1569), Dosso Dossi (1480), Raf Vallone (1916), and Michele Ferrero (1925).

Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Carlo Carrà ranks 99Before him are Bernardino Luini (1475), Alessandro Allori (1535), John Singer Sargent (1856), Francesco Albani (1578), Francesco Melzi (1491), and Luigi Russolo (1885). After him are Dosso Dossi (1480), Giovanni Segantini (1858), Elisabetta Sirani (1638), Pietro Longhi (1701), Pietro Cavallini (1240), and Melozzo da Forlì (1438).