Metaphysical painting
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Metaphysical painting or metaphysical art was a style of painting developed by the Italian artists Giorgio de Chirico and Carlo Carrà. The movement began in 1910 with de Chirico, whose dreamlike works
The Disquieting Muses by Giorgio de Chirico, 1947
The Song of Love by Giorgio de Chirico, 1914
Carlo Carrà, 1918, L'Ovale delle Apparizioni (The Oval of Apparition), oil on canvas, 92 x 60 cm, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome
Arnaldo dell'Ira, Piazza d'Italia, 1934
Giorgio Morandi
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Giorgio Morandi was an Italian painter and printmaker widely known for his subtly muted still-life paintings of ceramic vessels, flowers, and landscapes.
Metaphysical painting
…the two artists ended. By 1919, both artists had largely abandoned the style in favor of Neoclassicism. Other painters who adopted the style included Giorgio Morandi around 1917–1920, Filippo de Pisis, and Mario Sironi. In the 1920s and later, the legacy of Metaphysical painting influenced the work of Felice Casorati…
Giorgio Morandi, cropped
Morandi's studio in Via Fondazza, Bologna
Morandi's tomb in the Certosa di Bologna
Natura Morta, oil on canvas (1956)