Giovanni Segantini

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Giovanni Segantini (1858–99) was an Italian-born Swiss painter known for his landscape works created in the Swiss Alps. A pioneer of divisionist technique, he is celebrated as a key figure in symbolism and has recently gained recognition as an early proponent of European modernism, bridging nineteenth-century aesthetics with twentieth-century experimentation. This long-awaited retrospective features sixty paintings from Segantini’s extensive career, showcasing light-filled and color-saturated scenes of villages, farmers, shepherds, and pastoral landscapes. Each artwork is detailed with insights into its creation. An introductory essay explores Segantini’s life, his reception over the past century, and his influence on later artists and movements, including the futurists and Joseph Beuys. Additional essays present the latest research on Segantini’s biography, his portrayals of nature, the interplay between nature and humanity, his expert manipulation of shadow and light, and the divisionist iconography in his later works. Compiled by Beat Stutzer, this German language book offers the most comprehensive overview of Segantini to date, featuring paintings that have not been publicly available for years, making it a valuable resource for art historians, collectors, curators, and enthusiasts of this artistic period.