The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art is a museum in Canonbury Square in the district of Islington on the northern fringes of central London. It is the United Kingdom's only gallery devoted to modern Italian art. Islington Town Hall. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ...

The Estorick Collection was founded by American sociologist and writer Eric Estorick (1913-93), who began to collect art when he moved to England after the Second World War. Estorick and his German-born English wife Salome (1920-1989) discovered Umberto Boccioni’s book Futurist Painting and Sculpture (1914) while they were on their honeymoon in 1947. Before the end of their trip they visited erstwhile Futurist Mario Sironi in Milan and bought a number of paintings and hundreds of drawings from him. They built up the collection mainly between 1953 and 1958. The collection was shown in several temporary exhibitions, including one at the Tate Gallery in London in 1956, and the key works were on long term loan to the Tate from 1966 to 1975. The Estoricks rejected offers to purchase their collection from the Italian government and museums in the United States and Israel. Six months prior to his death Eric Estorick set up the Eric and Salome Estorick Foundation, to which he donated all his Italian works. The Estorick Collection moved to its current premises in a converted Georgian house in 1998. The project was supported by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Umberto Boccioni (October 19, 1882 - August 16, 1916) was an Italian painter and sculptor and a member of the futurist movement. ... The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom is a network of four galleries and a virtual presence: Tate Britain (opened 1897), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St Ives (1993), Tate Modern (2000) and Tate Online (1998). ... A play here! sign outside a newsagent, incorporating the National Lotterys logo of a stylised hand with crossed fingers. ...

The core of the collection is its Futurist works, but it also includes figurative art and sculpture dating from 1890 to the 1950s. It features paintings by Futurism's main protagonists: Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, Gino Severini, Luigi Russolo and Ardengo Soffici, as well as works by Giorgio de Chirico, Amedeo Modigliani, Giorgio Morandi, Mario Sironi and Marino Marini. In addition to the main displays from the permanent collection, the Estorick Gallery organises temporary exhibitions, both in its own galleries, and on tour. This article is about the art movement, futurism. ... Giacomo Balla (July 24, 1871 - March 1, 1958) was an Italian painter. ... Umberto Boccioni (October 19, 1882 - August 16, 1916) was an Italian painter and sculptor and a member of the futurist movement. ... Carlo Carrà Carlo Carrà (11 February 1881-13 April 1966) was an Italian painter, a leading figure of the futurist movement that flourished in Italy during the beginning of the 20th century. ... Gino Severini (April 7, 1883 – February 26, 1966) was an Italian painter who was a leading member of the futurist movement. ... Luigi Russolo ca. ... Love Song 1914 Giorgio de Chirico (July 10, 1888 - November 20, 1978) was an Italian painter born in Greece, and with Carlo Carra founded the scuola metafisica art movement. ... Amedeo Modigliani Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (July 12, 1884 – January 24, 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor. ... Giorgio Morandi (1890--1964) was an Italian painter who specialized in still life. ... Marino Marini (1901- 1980) was a twentieth-century Italian sculptor. ...

External links

• Official site (http://www.estorickcollection.com/home.aspx)