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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Segantini has received more than 214,046 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Segantini is the 341st most popular painter (up from 410th in 2019), the 1,107th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,276th in 2019) and the 96th 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 341 out of 2,023. Before him are Albert Edelfelt, Claude Joseph Vernet, Hendrik Goltzius, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Palma Vecchio, and Pieter Coecke van Aelst. After him are Lucio Fontana, John Singer Sargent, Richard Serra, Federico Zuccari, Dosso Dossi, and Polygnotus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Giovanni Segantini ranks 29. Before him are Ludwig Quidde, Eugène Ysaÿe, Eleonora Duse, Keke Geladze, Jagadish Chandra Bose, and Princess Louise of Belgium. After him are Michael Hainisch, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Eugène Dubois, André Antoine, Prince Valdemar of Denmark, and Alessandro Moreschi. Among people deceased in 1899, Giovanni Segantini ranks 12. Before him are Rosa Bonheur, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Sophus Lie, Paul Reuter, and Ernest Chausson. After him are Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Nubar Pasha, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Ludwig Büchner, Othniel Charles Marsh, and Edward Frankland.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Segantini ranks 1,107 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro Parolin (1955), Ira von Fürstenberg (1940), Palma Vecchio (1480), Francesco Morosini (1619), Paolo Conte (1937), and Gemma Galgani (1878). After him are Princess Carolina of Parma (1770), Peter Chrysologus (380), John Singer Sargent (1856), Princess Mafalda of Savoy (1902), Giambattista della Porta (1535), and Giuseppe Moscati (1880).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Giovanni Segantini ranks 96. Before him are Cosimo Tura (1430), Bartolommeo Bandinelli (1488), Francesco Primaticcio (1504), Ludovico Carracci (1555), Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691), and Palma Vecchio (1480). After him are John Singer Sargent (1856), Federico Zuccari (1539), Dosso Dossi (1480), Domenico Veneziano (1410), Taddeo Gaddi (1290), and Lorenzo Monaco (1370).

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