Giovanni Segantini 1858-1899
Contributors: Matthias Frehner (Contributor); Roland Waspe (Contributor); Julia Kluser (Contributor)
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers
Published: October 2, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9783775705646
Subjects: Drawing & drawings; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Individual artists; Painting & paintings; c 1800 to c 1900; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Italy; Artists, Architects, Photographers; History - Impressionism; Individual Artist; Art / Individual Artist
Description: "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." "This is the first ever Segantini monograph in English. It offers the public an opportunity to see important paintings and drawings by this artist, including his famous triptych La vita - La natura - La morte (Live - Nature - Death). With in-depth essays 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."--Jacket.