Giovanni Segantini. La Vita - La Natura - La Morte: Landmarks of Swiss Art

Giovanni Segantini's (1858–99) three paintings, La Vita—La Natura—La Morte (Becoming—Being—Passing) of 1898/99, were originally planned for the 1900 Paris Exposition of 1900 as a gigantic, multimedia "Alpine symphony" panorama. However, due to a lack of financial means, he was forced to reduce his work to three purely pictorial main paintings. When he died in 1899, he left behind an incomplete triptych that was intended to embody "the spirit of nature, of life, and of death." Swiss art historian and Segantini-expert Juerg Albrecht traces this monumental landmark piece in the artist's oeuvre as one of the last programmatic works of fin de siècle art. The book explains the cycle of life and death that the three paintings visualize, whose origins Segantini sought both privately and creatively in the mountains of the upper Engadine valley during his lifetime.

Format: Hardback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 16 June 2022
Publisher: Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag

Giovanni Segantini's (1858–99) three paintings, La Vita—La Natura—La Morte (Becoming—Being—Passing) of 1898/99, initially planned for the 1900 Paris Exposition of 1900 as a gigantic, multimedia "Alpine symphony" panorama, are intriguing and complex. Due to financial constraints, Segantini was forced to reduce his work to three purely pictorial main paintings. When he passed away in 1899, he left behind an incomplete triptych intended to embody "the spirit of nature, of life, and of death." Swiss art historian and Segantini-expert Juerg Albrecht explores this monumental landmark piece in the artist's oeuvre as one of the last programmatic works of fin de siècle art. Apart from its genesis, the book delves into the cycle of life and death visualized in the three paintings, which Segantini sought both privately and creatively in the mountains of the upper Engadine valley during his lifetime.

Giovanni Segantini's (1858–99) three paintings, La Vita—La Natura—La Morte (Becoming—Being—Passing) of 1898/99, initially planned for the 1900 Paris Exposition of 1900 as a gigantic, multimedia "Alpine symphony" panorama, are intriguing and complex. Due to financial constraints, Segantini was forced to reduce his work to three purely pictorial main paintings. When he passed away in 1899, he left behind an incomplete triptych intended to embody "the spirit of nature, of life, and of death." Swiss art historian and Segantini-expert Juerg Albrecht explores this monumental landmark piece in the artist's oeuvre as one of the last programmatic works of fin de siècle art. Apart from its genesis, the book delves into the cycle of life and death visualized in the three paintings, which Segantini sought both privately and creatively in the mountains of the upper Engadine valley during his lifetime.

Weight: 994g
Dimension: 250 x 215 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783039420728