Architect. He is remembered for his visionary drawings of the city of the future. He studied in Milano where known the sculptor Girolamo Fontana and the painters Mario Chiattone and Carlo Carrà. He designed the graves of his father and the Caprotti family, in Como Cemetery and Monza Cemetery, respectively. In 1914, he joined the Futurist Movement and he developed his project of Citta Nova (New City). In 1915, he was in the front in the First World War. There, he designing the cemetery della Brigata Arezzo in Monfalcone. Here, he was shot before the cemetery was finished.
Architect. He is remembered for his visionary drawings of the city of the future. He studied in Milano where known the sculptor Girolamo Fontana and the painters Mario Chiattone and Carlo Carrà. He designed the graves of his father and the Caprotti family, in Como Cemetery and Monza Cemetery, respectively. In 1914, he joined the Futurist Movement and he developed his project of Citta Nova (New City). In 1915, he was in the front in the First World War. There, he designing the cemetery della Brigata Arezzo in Monfalcone. Here, he was shot before the cemetery was finished.
Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni
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