Gerardo Dottori (1884 - 1977)
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Dottori was born in Perugia and studied at the city\u2019s Accademia di Belle Arti, where he revealed himself to be a superbly accomplished draughtsman. Around 1904 he began to experiment with Divisionism (Italy\u2019s distinctive response to Neo-Impressionism) which introduced a newfound sense of spontaneity and exuberance into his art, liberating him from the restrictions of his academic training. Dottori\u2019s rebellious temperament made him naturally receptive to the subversive spirit of F. T. Marinetti\u2019s Futurist movement, which he joined in 1912. Futurism is most closely associated with its celebration of the flux and dynamism of the modern industrial age \u2013 which permeates Dottori\u2019s imagery. However he also remained deeply attached to his native region of Umbria and its lush, undulating landscape, frequently expressing his preference for \u2018the stillness of the countryside and the mountains to the deafening noise of big cities\u2019. Whilst this might seem a paradoxical stance for a Futurist to adopt, the movement in fact offered artists significant latitude in their interpretation of its ideas, prizing innovation and creative vitality above all else. Consequently, Dottori was able to express his Futurist sensibility through imagery exploring that \u2018universal\u2019 dynamism apparent in the workings of nature, the human body and the cosmos, as well as that generated by machinery Dottori\u2019s greatest contribution to Futurist aesthetics was his distinctive interpretation of aeropainting. In fact, a number of his works of the 1920s can be said to have anticipated the genre\u2019s concerns, encapsulated in the belief that \u2018the changing perspectives of flight constitute an absolutely new reality, one that has nothing in common with the reality traditionally constituted by earthbound perspectives\u2019. With their sweeping panoramas and distorted horizons, suggesting the curvature of the earth, Dottori\u2019s aeropaintings are infused with an atmosphere of serenity and lyricism that is unique in Futurist art.Free picture Gerardo Dottori (1884 - 1977) integrated with the OffiDocs web apps
