Giovanni Segantini: First French Retrospective at Musée Marmottan Monet
From April 29 to August 16, 2026, the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris will present the inaugural French retrospective dedicated to Giovanni Segantini (1858-1899). Curated by Gabriella Belli and Diana Segantini, this exhibition highlights his Alpine landscapes created between 1886 and 1899. Born in Arco, Segantini faced statelessness due to bureaucratic oversights, which impacted both his personal life and professional journey; he never gained citizenship or wed Bice Bugatti. His artwork, overseen by the Grubicy de Dragon brothers, fetched significant sums. The display emphasizes his distinctive techniques and his impact on artists such as Kandinsky, Beuys, and Kiefer. Segantini passed away at 41 on the Schafberg massif, returning to Paris 126 years after his "Triptych of Nature" was exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle.
Key facts
- First French retrospective of Giovanni Segantini at Musée Marmottan Monet
- Exhibition runs from April 29 to August 16, 2026
- Curated by Gabriella Belli and Diana Segantini
- Segantini was born in Arco, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was stateless
- He used gold leaf and powder in his paintings
- Kandinsky considered him the most abstract painter in his 1911 essay
- Segantini died at age 41 on the Schafberg massif
- His Triptych of Nature was shown at the 1900 Exposition Universelle
Entities
Artists
- Giovanni Segantini
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Joseph Beuys
- Anselm Kiefer
- Georges Seurat
- Paul Signac
- Paul Cézanne
- Carlo Bugatti
- Bice Bugatti
- Vittore Grubicy de Dragon
- Gaetano Previati
- Angelo Morbelli
- Guillaume Apollinaire
- Jean-François Millet
Institutions
- Musée Marmottan Monet
- Fondation Beyeler
- Musée d'Orsay
- Segantini Museum
- Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
- Kunsthaus Zürich
- Ohara Museum of Art
- Aargauer Kunsthaus
- Académie des beaux-arts de Brera
- Segantini Unlimited
- Fondation Gottfried Keller
- Fondation Otto Fischbacher Giovanni Segantini
- Connaissance des Arts
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera
- Riformatorio Marchiondi
- Galerie nationale d'art moderne de Rome
- Biennale di Venezia
- Munich Secession
- Gazette des Beaux-Arts
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Arco
- Italy
- Milan
- Savognin
- Maloja
- Switzerland
- Alps
- Brianza
- Lake Garda
- Grisons
- Samedan
- Haute-Engadine
- Schafberg
- Saint-Moritz
- Zurich
- Coire
- Berne
- Kurashiki
- Aarau
- Venice
- Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Pusiano
- Schweiningen
- Piz Arblatsch
- Maloja Pass
- Engadine
- St. Moritz
- Amsterdam
- Vienna
- Munich
- Rome
- Caglio
- Borgo Valsugana
- Swiss mountains
- Mount Schafberg