Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Carlo Carrà's 'The Apocalyptic Horsemen' ('I cavalli dell'Apocalisse', 1918) translates the four riders of Revelation into Carrà's austere post-Futurist vocabulary. Carrà, a founding Futurist who had turned toward his own 'metaphysical' classicism by the end of the First World War, composes the apocalyptic cavalcade with the frozen geometry of an Italian primitive, anchoring the image in both scripture and the trauma of recent war. It is held by the Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibition Venue

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States