Giovanni Segantini 1858-1899

The artist Giovanni Segantini was a leading member of the European avant-garde of his day. He was hailed as an ‚innovator‘, a ‚prophet‘ and a ‚revolutionary‘: in an obituary one critic called him a „Secession in his own right.“ His work was to be seen in public and private collections alike, and had a major effect on art in Europe at the time. Even the Futurists cited him as a role-model. At present there are no monographs of Segantini in print. This publication will fill this gap and offers the public a new opportunity to see important paintings and drawings by this artist, including his famous triptych Werden – Sein – Vergehen (La Vita – La Natura – La Morte). With an in-depth essay on the artist’s oeuvre – from his early genre paintings, influenced by Realism, right up to his symbolic depictions of Nature in a Divisionist style – this publication is an up-to-date, comprehensive monograph on Giovanni Segantini. (German edition available ISBN 3-7757-0561-9, Italian edition available ISBN 3- 7757-0585-6) The artist: Giovanni Segantini (Arco/Trient 1858-1899 Schafberg near St. Moritz in the Engadine). Self-taught. 1864: moves to Milan. 1876- 1878: attends evening classes at the Accademia di Brera in Milan. 1881-1886: resident in Pusiano, 1886-1894: in Savognin/Engadin. Has contact with the artists of the ‚Scapigliatura‘ in Lombardy and with the group ‚Les XX‘, to which James Ensor also belongs. 1889: Segantini represents Italy at the World Exhibition in Paris. 1894: moves to Maloja in the Engadine.