Leonardo Dudreville: The Futurism Refusenik Gets a Lucca Show

At the Complesso monumentale di San Micheletto in Lucca, a new exhibition curated by the Fondazione Ragghianti highlights the work of Leonardo Dudreville (1885–1976), a painter from Venice who distanced himself from Futurism. Educated at the Accademia di Brera, Dudreville developed a lyrical style that contrasted sharply with the movement's emphasis on speed and aggression, illustrated by his 1912 piece Trilogia campestre. He was involved in the 1912 Mostra di pittura e scultura rifiutata in Milan and helped establish the Nuove Tendenze group in 1914. Following disagreements within the group, he forged his own artistic direction, drawing inspiration from Orphic Cubism and Rayonism. His wartime creations express deep personal turmoil, and after World War I, he transitioned to a classical approach, culminating in Un caduto (1919), which concludes the exhibition.