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Giovanni Segantini

1858 - 1899

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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, and his paintings were collected by major museums. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Segantini is the 382nd most popular painter (down from 341st in 2019), the 1,198th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,107th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Italian Painter.

Giovanni Segantini is most famous for his paintings of the Alps.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Giovanni Segantini ranks 382 out of 2,023. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Lucio Fontana, Carlo Carrà, Dosso Dossi, William Holman Hunt, and Albert Edelfelt. After him are Paulus Potter, Polygnotus, Lovis Corinth, Armand Guillaumin, Elisabetta Sirani, and Leonora Carrington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Giovanni Segantini ranks 31. Before him are Eugène Dubois, Eugène Ysaÿe, Beatrice Webb, Kang Youwei, Mihajlo Pupin, and Eleonora Duse. After him are Lovis Corinth, John A. Hobson, Michael Hainisch, André Antoine, Alessandro Moreschi, and Carl Auer von Welsbach. Among people deceased in 1899, Giovanni Segantini ranks 13. Before him are Rosa Bonheur, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Ernest Chausson, Sophus Lie, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, and Horatio Alger. After him are Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Ludwig Büchner, Matsumura Sōkon, Nubar Pasha, Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Segantini ranks 1,198 out of 5,161. Before him are Raf Vallone (1916), Michele Ferrero (1925), Antipope Nicholas V (1260), Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), Philip I, Prince of Taranto (1278), and Erasmo of Narni (1370). After him are Persius (34), Alessandro Valignano (1539), Rafael Bombelli (1526), Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria (1777), Tina Modotti (1896), and Tigellinus (10).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Giovanni Segantini ranks 101. Before him are John Singer Sargent (1856), Francesco Albani (1578), Francesco Melzi (1491), Luigi Russolo (1885), Carlo Carrà (1881), and Dosso Dossi (1480). After him are Elisabetta Sirani (1638), Pietro Longhi (1701), Pietro Cavallini (1240), Melozzo da Forlì (1438), Palma Vecchio (1480), and Giambattista Pittoni (1687).

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