Marinetti launched the movement in his Futurist Manifesto , which he published for the first time on 5 February 1909 in La gazzetta dell 'Em ilia . This article was reprinted in the French daily newspaper Le Figaro on 20 February 1909 . Marinetti launched the movement in his Futurist Manifesto , which he published for the first time on 5 February 1909 in La gazzetta dell 'Em ilia , an article then reproduced in the French daily newspaper Le Figaro on 20 February 1909 .