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Carrà, Carlo

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Carrà, Carlo (kärä`), 1881–1966, Italian painter. Trained as a decorator, he became associated with the artists involved in the development of futurism futurism, Italian school of painting, sculpture, and literature that flourished from 1909, when Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's first manifesto of futurism appeared, until the end of World War I.
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. His The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli (1911; Mus. of Modern Art, New York City) typifies the energy of the movement. He then moved toward a more carefully structured art form, related to cubism but concerned with the dynamics of movement. After meeting Chirico Chirico, Giorgio de (jōr`jō dā kē`rēkō), 1888–1978, Italian painter, b. Vólos, Greece.
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 in 1916, Carrà became a spokesman of the metaphysical school. A prolific writer on art, he also exerted considerable influence as a teacher.


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