Porta Romana (Boccioni)

The Porta Romana (also known as Workshop of Porta Romana in Milano) is a 20th-century portrait painted in oil by Umberto Boccioni, made around 1909-1910 in Milan in Via Adige, near Porta Vigentina, during the Futurism in Milano, Italy, exhibited at the Gallerie di Piazza Scala. Boccioni’s painting depicts a view of Viale Isonzo and Viale Toscana in Milan.

 Description 
The work is created by Boccioni in his apartment in Via Adige at number 23 in Milan, near the door Porta Romana - Vigentina, near the Museum Fondazione Prada, while looking from the window Viale Isonzo. Today the neighborhood is identified with innovative luxury Milano Fashion district. The Palazzo Boccioni displays a plaque in memory of the painter Boccioni on the outside.

Today these urban area is the youngest and most innovative in Milan and can be compared to the Upper East Side of New York.

 History 
Boccioni was inspired by his window from which he also created the work The Street Enters the House and Mater.

 Related pages 
 Twilight at Porta Romana (Boccioni)
 Porta Romana (Milan)
 Mater (Boccioni)
 The Street Enters the House (Boccioni)

 Bibliography 
 Omar Calabrese - Vittorio Giudici, Art dall'Ottocento a oggi, Mondadori Education, 2012

Other websites
  Pittori del'900- Umberto Boccioni
Officine a Porta Romana, Boccioni, Umberto, Lombardia Beni Culturali
 L’inno futurista di Boccioni risuona a Londra. Donne e officine all’Estorick Collectiona

Category:Paintings at Porta Romana
Category:1900s paintings
Category:Paintings by Umberto Boccioni
Category:Paintings in Milan