Lombard countryside
Lombard Countryside or Country Symphony (also known as Campagna Lombarda or Paesaggio Lombardo) is a 20th-century late filippinism painted 93 x 140 centimetres in oil by Umberto Boccioni. It was painted in 1908, in Milano, Italy. Is in the collection of the Art Museum of Italian Switzerland in Lugano.
| The Brook | |
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| Italian: Paesaggio Lombardo | |
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| Artist | Umberto Boccioni |
| Year | 1908 |
| Type | Oil on Canvas |
| Dimensions | 240 cm × 360 cm (93 in × 140 in) |
| Location | Art Museum of Italian Switzerland, Lugano |
The painting Lombard Countrysid by Boccioni it was inspired by the works of Francesco Filippini, The Brook and Mattino di novembre a Ligurno, and is part of the artistic movement of Filippinism movement.
The painting shows the countryside as seen from the end of Via Ripamonti in Milan, close to where Umberto Boccioni often strolled. He lived with his mother at Via Adige 23, in an area that inspired many of his works and paper sketches. Drawing from the naturalism of Francesco Filippini, Boccioni developed the ideas that eventually led to the birth of Futurism.