His remains were moved to the Roman church of San Francesco a Ripa
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Giorgio de Chirico
Giuseppe Maria Alberto Giorgio de Chirico was a Greek-Italian artist and writer born in Volos, Greece. In the years before World War I, he founded the scuola metafisica art movement, which profoundly influenced the surrealists. His best-known works often feature Roman arcades, long shadows, mannequins, trains, and illogical perspective. His imagery reflects his affinity for the philosophy of Arthu…
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culture · Italian artist (1888–1978) · artist · painter · sculptor · writer · scenographer · illustrator · jewelry designer · draftsperson · printmaker · also Giorgio de Chirico, Chirico
Born 10 July 1888 · Died 20 November 1978 · Q156622
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1992· 1 entry
1982· 1 entry
Robert Hughes wrote that de Chiricocould condense voluminous feeling through metaphor and association
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1978· 9 entries
Died 1978-11-20.
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“Perhaps the most amazing sensation passed on to us by prehistoric man is that of presentiment. It will always continue. We might consider it as an eternal proof of the irrationality of the universe. Original man must have wandered through a world full of uncanny signs. He must have trembled at each step.”
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“What I hear is valueless; only what I see is living, and when I close my eyes my vision is even more powerful.”
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“Profound statements must be drawn by the artist from the most secret recesses of his being; there no murmuring torrent, no birdsong, no rustle of leaves can distract him.”
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“The structure of cities, the architecture of houses, squares, gardens, public walks, gateways, railway stations, etc – all these provide us with the basic principles of a great Metaphysical aesthetic.. .We, who live under the sign of the Metaphysical alphabet, we know the joy and sorrows to be found in a gateway, a street corner, a room, on the surface of a table, between the sides of a box…”
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“Więcej zagadki jest w cieniu człowieka idącego w słońcu niż we wszystkich przeszłych, obecnych i przyszłych religiach.”
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“Nie trzeba zapominać, że obraz powinien zawsze być odbiciem głębokiego doznania i że głębokie doznanie znaczy – dziwne, dziwne zaś znaczy – mało znane lub nieznane. Aby dzieło sztuki było naprawdę nieśmiertelne konieczne jest, aby wykraczało poza ludzkie ograniczenia. W ten sposób upodobni się do marzenia sennego i umysłu dziecka.”
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“I cóż mam kochać, jeśli nie to, co zagadkowe?”
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“To become truly immortal a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken it will enter the regions of childhood vision and dream.”
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1976).
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1974· 1 entry
De Chirico was elected to the French Académie des Beaux-Arts
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1961· 1 entry
Awarded Civil Order of Savoy (1961).
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1958· 1 entry
Riverside Records used a reproduction of de Chirico's 1915 painting The Seer (originally painted as a tribute to French poet Arthur Rimbaud) as the cover art for pianist Thelonious Monk's live album Misterioso
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1957· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1957).
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1948· 1 entry
Bought a house near the Spanish Steps; now the Giorgio de Chirico House Museum, a museum dedicated to his work
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1939· 1 entry
De Chirico adopted a neo-Baroque style influenced by Rubens
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1932· 1 entry
And to the US in 1936, finally settling in Rome in 1944
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1930· 1 entry
De Chirico met his second wife, Isabella Pakszwer Far (1909–1990), a Russian, with whom he would remain for the rest of his life
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1929· 2 entries
Published a novel entitled Hebdomeros, the Metaphysician
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Made stage designs for Sergei Diaghilev
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1928· 1 entry
Held his first exhibition in New York City and shortly afterwards, in London
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1924· 1 entry
De Chirico visited Paris and was accepted into the group, although the surrealists were severely critical of his post-metaphysical work
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1922· 1 entry
Saw one of de Chirico's paintings in an art dealer's window, and was so impressed by it he resolved on the spot to become an artist, although he had never even held a brush
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1919· 2 entries
“Everything has two aspects: the current aspect, which we see nearly always and which ordinary men see, and the ghostly and metaphysical aspect, which only rare individuals may see in moments of clairvoyance and metaphysical abstraction. (1919)”
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“A work of art must narrate something that does not appear within its outline. The objects and figures represented in it must likewise poetically tell you of something that is far away from them and also of what their shapes materially hide from us. A certain dog painted by Courbet (French 19th century painter) is like the story of a poetic and romantic hunt. (1919)”
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1914· 1 entry
Through Apollinaire, he met the art dealer Paul Guillaume, with whom he signed a contract for his artistic output
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1905· 1 entry
The family relocated in 1906 to Germany, after first visiting Florence
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1900· 1 entry
De Chirico studied drawing and painting at Athens Polytechnic—mainly under the guidance of the Greek painters Georgios Roilos and Georgios Jakobides
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1888· 1 entry
Born 1888-07-10.
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