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Italian painter

Giovanni Segantini (15 January 1858 – 28 September 1899) was an Italian painter known for his large pastoral landscapes of the Alps.

He was one of the most famous artists in Europe in the late 19th century,^[1] and his paintings were collected by major museums.

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In later life, he combined a Divisionist painting style with Symbolist images of nature. He was active in Switzerland during the last period of his life.

Biography

Giovanni Battista Emanuele Maria Segatini was born at Arco in Trentino, which was then part of the County of Tyrol in the Austrian Empire.

He later changed his family name by adding an "n" after the "a".^[2] He was the second child of Agostino Segatini (1802–1866) and Margarita De Girardi (1828–1865).

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His older brother, Lodovico, died in a fire the year Giovanni was born. During the first seven years of his life, his father, who was a tradesman, traveled extensively while looking for work. Except