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Domenico Belli (1909 - 1983) was born in Rome in 1909 and trained in Rome in the studio of Giacomo Balla. He joined Futurism in 1929 and was among the founders of the Futursimultanist Bloc in 1931, together with the artists Augusto Favalli and Bruno Tano, the sculptors Alfredo, Gianni and Tomasetti and the poet GE Mattia. Read the full biography

Domenico Belli (1909 - 1983) was born in Rome in 1909 and trained in Rome in the studio of Giacomo Balla. He joined Futurism in 1929 and was among the founders of the Futursimultanist Bloc in 1931, together with the artists Augusto Favalli and Bruno Tano, the sculptors Alfredo, Gianni and Tomasetti and the poet GE Mattia. After meeting Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, the group renamed itself the Roman Futurist Group. Belli participated in the Venice Biennials of 1930, 1932, 1934 and 1936 and in the Roman Quadrennials of 1935 and 1939. He exhibited at the Aeropainting Exhibitions from 1933 to 1939. He participated in the Maritime Art Exhibition in 1929, at the Animali in Arte Exhibition in following year and at the Colonial Art Exhibition of Naples in 1931. Between 1939 and 1942 he worked under the direction of Anton Giulio Bragaglia. After the Second World War, public relations and exhibition planning received greater attention. He joined the Futurismo Oggi manifesto in 1969 and participated in all the group's meetings organized by the newspaper of the same name. He died in 1983 in Lavinio.