1888
Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and set designer (died 1978)
Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and set designer (died 1978)
Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and set designer (died 1978)
Giorgio de Chirico
Italian artist (1888–1978)
- Born
- 1888
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 Arthur Schopenhauer and of Friedrich Nietzsche, and for the mythology of his birthplace.