Giorgio de Chirico

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Metaphysical

1888-1978, Giorgio de Chirico



























































































































































































The founder of the Metaphysical art movement, Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian (Born in Volos, Greece) surrealist painter, whose work implied a metaphysical questioning of reality. After studying in Athens and Florence, he moved to Germany to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he was influenced by the writings of Nietzsche and Arthur Schopenhauer. On his way to Paris, De Chirico traveled back to Florence and later to Turin, where he was moved by the metaphysical beauty of the surroundings. He exhibited his works at the Salon des Independants for the first time in 1913, and sold his first painting, the Red Tower, later signing with the art dealer Paul Guillame.


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