Enrico Prampolini (1894-1956)
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Enrico Prampolini was an Italian artist and a member of the progressive Futurist movement. Prampolini was a fairly prolific artist, and created paintings, sculpture, decorative art and stage design. He was even a writer and architect, making himself something of a modern day Italian Renaissance man, and worked on the War Memorial in Como as well as the Futurist Pavillion in Turin, Italy. While he is best known for his Futurist pieces, Prampolini also created Abstract compositions, and affiliated himself with members of the Dada and Bauhaus movements.
Prampolini was born in Modena, Italy and initially studied in Rome, Turin and Lucca, and also received brief training at the Accademia di Belle Arti. There, he studied under Duilio Cambellotti, and in 1912, joined Giacomo Balla’s studio. It was through his affiliation with Balla, one of the first Italian Futurists, that Prampolini became involved in Futurism. In 1914, Prampolini participated in his first Futurist exhibition at the Galleria Sprovieri in Rome, and also in Prague later that year.
Out of all of the Futurists, Prampolini was one of the most experimental in terms of his technique and materials. He tested a number of different methods and used a combination of materials to create his unique style, which was outlined in his 1915 manifesto, Scenografia e coreografia futurista, Scultrua dei colori e totale.
Futurism, the style of art which encompasses power, force, motion, technology, progress and machinery, was in its synthetic phase when Prampolini first entered it. The initial phase of Futurism, the analytical phase, was founded by Marinetti in 1909, and it took many forms after that.
In 1925, Prampolini traveled to France to work with Severini. Ther he entered into a new phase of Futurism known as “aeropainting,” which would remain popular well into the 1930’s. This particular style of painting focused on machinery and the mechanic side of Futurism, as well as movement.
Futurism all but ended in 1944 when Marinetti died, and by that time, Prampolini and others had turned to Abstraction. He would continue to paint in the Abstract style until his death in 1956. Although his style would change somewhat drastically throughout his career, he often signed his work “E. Prampolini” in the bottom corners of his compositions. This makes it generally easy to identify his works, in some cases, even though his style was completely different from one decade to the next.
Many art critics consider Prampolini to be the most illustrious pre-war painter of the Futurist movement and a leader in vanguard art, and his work is still highly regarded and sought after today. Still wondering if about an Italian abstract or Futurist piece hanging in your home? Contact us…it could be by Enrico Prampolini.