1881, Nagayevo (Tula Gubernia) - 1962, Paris
Cyclist
1913
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Location in museum
The Benois Wing,
Room 75
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- Period Late 19th century – Early 20th century
- Genre Painting
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Cyclist is often regarded as one of the archetypal works of Futurist painting, both in Natalia Goncharova’s oeuvre as a whole and the Russian art of the early 1910s in general. It embodies such typical features of Futurism as constant repetition, dislocation of the contours of the figure, which seems to be recorded in temporal and spatial sequence, and the interspersion of fragments of street signs, in order to convey the bustle, noise and movement of the city. The composition of the painting is, however, horizontally and vertically balanced and assiduously regulated, thereby distinguishing it from the classical works of Futurism.
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