Giovanni Segantini

(1858–1899) Italian painter, neo-impressionist and symbolist (1858–1899)

Giovanni Segantini (1858–1899) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Giovanni Segantini belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Giovanni Segantini was born in Arco and died in Schafberg. Giovanni Segantini trained at Brera Academy. Wikidata associates Giovanni Segantini with pointillism and Symbolism.

The best-known works include ‘A Goat with her Kid’, ‘The Evil Mothers’, ‘Game Board’, and ‘Game Box’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 35 works by Giovanni Segantini with free images. The dated works span the years 1878–1897. Works by Giovanni Segantini are held by several collections, among them Galleria d'arte moderna di Milano, Segantini Museum (Building), Gottfried Keller-Stiftung, and National Museum of Western Art. Wikidata links 3 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Sergey Korovin, Constantin Kryjitski, Jan Ciągliński, Richard Bergh, and Nils Kreuger.

• Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
• The Evil Mothers