Primo Conti’s talent was nurtured at a young age and he exhibited his own paintings for the first time at the age of thirteen. Initially, he painted in the style of Fauvism, but after meeting Umberto Boccioni, he turned to Futurism. During World War I, he founded a Futurist group of artists and wrote articles for the magazine L'Italia futurista. In 1918, he became its editor. In the 1920s, his work was taking on the metaphysical style following the example set by Giorgio de Chirico. Primo Conti was friends with many painters and writers. After he married in 1931, he painted almost exclusively his wife and children. In 1941, he was appointed professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. After World War II, he experimented with surrealist painting techniques and increasingly painted erotic scenes towards the end of his life. In 1979, he founded the Fondazione Primo Conti, which manages his estate and his archive of 20th century Italian art in his former residence in Fiesole.