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Fortunato Depero

Fortunato Depero, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1960)

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Born
March 30, 1892
Died
November 29, 1960
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1892

About Fortunato Depero

Fortunato Depero was an Italian futurist painter, writer, sculptor, and graphic designer. In 1919 Depero founded the House of Futurist Art in Rovereto, which specialised in producing toys, tapestries and furniture in the futurist style. It was on a 1913 trip to Florence that he discovered a copy of the paper Lacerba and an article by one of the founders of the futurism movement, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. One of the projects he was involved in during this time was Dinamo magazine, which he founded and edited.

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Fortunato Depero timeline

  1. It was on a 1913 trip to Florence that he discovered a copy of the paper Lacerba and an article by one of the founders of the futurism movement, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.
  2. In 1919 Depero founded the House of Futurist Art in Rovereto, which specialised in producing toys, tapestries and furniture in the futurist style.

The world when Fortunato Depero was born

Fortunato Depero was born in 1892. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst heavyweight boxing title under Queensberry rules
  • Top headlineEllis Island immigration station opens
  • Technology milestoneDiesel engine patented by Rudolf Diesel
  • World population~1.52B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
  • U.S. population65.0M

1892 versus 2026

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Measure18922026
Population65.0M341 million

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