Nerino Nannetti known
as Neri Nannetti
Neri
Nannetti was born in Florence in 1889 and was active in
Florentine artistic life, especially against academicism.
He joined the Florentine group of
Futurists in 1912. In 1916 collaborated in founding the fortnightly
journal L'Italia Futurista to which he devoted a large amount
of his time.
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Neri Nannetti, 1916
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Poster, 1928
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In 1916 he co-signed, with Arnaldo
Ginna, Mario Carli, Emilio
Settimelli, Oscar Mara and Remo Chiti,
the Manifesto of Futurist Science published in L'Italia
Futurista, Florence, on 15 June.
He gave up painting in the early
1920's to concentrate on advertising art.
Nannetti died in Florence in 1982.
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