Giorgio de Chirico (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒɔrdʒo deˈkiriko]; July 10, 1888 ?C November 20, 1978) was a pre-Surrealist and then Surrealist Italian painter born in Volos, Greece, to a Genoese mother and a Sicilian father. He founded the scuola metafisica art movement. His surname is traditionally written De Chirico (capitalized De) when it stands alone Related Paintings of giorgio de chirico :. | Metaphysical Interior with Biscuits | The Double Dream of Spring | Enigma of the Hour | extase | ankomstens gata | Related Artists:
Karl Kaspar Pitzpainted Portrait of a cleric a book in his right hand, by a marble bust in before 1795
MARTORELL, Bernat (Bernardo)Spanish Early Renaissance Painter, ca.1400-1452
Emile ClausBelgian Painter, 1849-1924
Belgian painter. He had various menial jobs before the composer Peter Benoet persuaded his father to let him study at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp. He was taught there by Nicaise De Keyser and Jacob Jacobs (1812-79) but found the atmosphere uncongenial and soon left. In 1879 he travelled around Spain and North Africa and in 1881 went to live with his sister at Waereghem. His painting of this period was influenced by Charles Verlat and depicted rural subjects