WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture

Artists›Gino Severini

Gino Severini

Gino Severini

1883

WA-00009316

PaintingCubismAbstract ArtFuturism

Representation

None documented

25

Institutional Exhibitions

21

Works in Collection

45

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

No influence edges encoded yet.

Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ169984

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

View all exhibitions →

No image

Painters for the Theater

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

No image

Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

No image

The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

No image

A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881�1981

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1982

No image

Cubism and Its Affinities

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

No image

Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

No image

Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

No image

European Drawings from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972

No image

Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

No image

Summer Show

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

No image

The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

No image

Drawings from the Museum Collections: A Selection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964–1965

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/gino-severini
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5360
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Gallery
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Gino Severini yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Cubism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (21)

Plate 19 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

Plate 19 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

1962 · Etching from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving

plate: 5 7/8 × 4 1/2" (14.9 × 11.4 cm); page: 11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pas de Deux

1952 · Color lithograph on cream wove paper

Image, sight: 37.3 × 28.5 cm (14 11/16 × 11 1/4 in.); Sheet, sight: 44 × 31 cm (17 3/8 × 12 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life: Barbera

Still Life: Barbera

1918 · Oil on panel

46 × 27.6 cm (18 1/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait

1916 · Charcoal and brown chalk with stumping and erasing on ivory laid paper

53.3 × 40.1 cm (21 × 15 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Dressmaker

1916 · Woodcut on ivory laid Japanese paper

Image: 18.3 × 12.7 cm (7 1/4 × 5 in.); Sheet: 37.7 × 27.5 cm (14 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life (Centrifugal Expansion of Colors)

Still Life (Centrifugal Expansion of Colors)

1916 · Oil on canvas

66.7 × 61 cm (26 1/4 × 24 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Suburban Train Arriving in Paris

Suburban Train Arriving in Paris

1915 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 886 x 1156 mm frame: 1051 x 1320 x 95 mm

Train Crossing a Street

Train Crossing a Street

1915 · Charcoal, with black Conté crayon and touches of black chalk, over graphite on cream wove paper

55.5 × 46.4 cm (21 7/8 × 18 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Armored Train in Action

Armored Train in Action

1915 · Oil on canvas

45 5/8 x 34 7/8" (115.8 x 88.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Armored Train in Action

Armored Train in Action

1915 · Charcoal on paper

22 1/2 x 18 3/4" (56.9 x 47.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Visual Synthesis of the Idea: "War"

Visual Synthesis of the Idea: "War"

1914 · Oil on canvas

36 1/2 x 28 3/4" (92.7 x 73 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dancer

1913 · Charcoal, with stumping on tan wove paper

56.1 × 41 cm (22 1/8 × 16 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Festival in Montmartre

Festival in Montmartre

1913 · Oil on canvas

88.9 × 116.2 cm (35 × 45 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Oval Composition

Oval Composition

1913 · Gouache on paper

15 7/8 x 10 1/8" (40.4 x 25.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spanish Dancer

1913 · Crayon and charcoal on paper

26 x 18 7/8" (66.4 x 48 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Collage with Box of Matches

Collage with Box of Matches

1912 · Charcoal, with stumping, white chalk, and traces of red chalk, with three collage elements on tan wove paper, laid down on cream rag board

49.9 × 63.1 cm (19 11/16 × 24 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait with Straw Boater

Self-Portrait with Straw Boater

1912 · Charcoal, with stumping on ivory laid paper

55.1 × 45.2 cm (21 3/4 × 17 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabarin

Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabarin

1912 · Oil on canvas with sequins

63 5/8 x 61 1/2" (161.6 x 156.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dancer

1912 · Pastel on paper

19 1/4 x 12 1/2" (49 x 32 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Self-Portrait

1909 · Pastel on gray wove paper, with blue and black fibrous inclusions

50 × 29.4 cm (19 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Guitarist and Spanish Dancer

Guitarist and Spanish Dancer

1905 · Charcoal, with stumping and traces of red chalk on cream wove paper

64.1 × 47.5 cm (25 1/4 × 18 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View all 21 artworks →

Artwork sources (3)

21 published of 29 catalogued · 29 with image

Art Institute Chicago
12 published12 img
MoMA
8 publishedof 16 catalogued16 img
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Suburban Train Arriving in Paris
1915 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Gino Severini (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Gino Severini (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

10

Peers & Context1

Gerrit Rietveldsame movement

Movements3

Cubism Abstract Art Futurism

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Tate Christie's Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Network

Related Artists

Gerrit Rietveld