<L’Homme à la charrette>

The Italian painter Alberto Magnelli, had close ties with both the Cubist and Futurist circles. He was on the verge of making the transition to abstraction when he painted L’Homme à la charrette [Man with a Cart]. While its spatial organisation, with its fragmented forms, is reminiscent of Cubist landscapes, this village scene is constructed and rhythmed by a contrasting play of vivid colours. The motif of the wheel symbolises the dynamism of the composition.