Giovanni Segantini (1858-99) was an Italian-born Swiss painter who created his work, primarily landscapes, largely in and around his home in the Swiss Alps.
As an artist, Segantini is a difficult figure to place.
While some of his works can be described as utilizing the pointillist or divisionist techniques made popular by Seurat and Van Gogh, Segantini's style of painting shares a closer affinity with symbolism.
Later in his career, he has also begun to be acknowledged as an early convert to.
