Futurism was launched by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909. On 20 February he published his Manifesto of Futurism on the front page of the Paris newspaper Le Figaro.
How was Futurism created?
In 1908, the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti swerved to miss a cyclist and crashed his car in a ditch. The experience of the old bicycle versus the modern car inspired him to write his manifesto of Futurism, a movement that would conquer nostalgia and tradition.
What era is futuristic?
The Futurists were one of the few artistic movements to celebrate the war and far-right politics, and in 1916, two of the movement's active members, Boccioni and Sant'Elia, were killed during the First World War, which marked the end of Futurism's most fruitful phase.