Segantini in Savognin

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3.4 km

1:00 h

103 mhd

68 mhd

Mezzogiorno sulle Alpi – Mittag in den Alpen, 1891: (77,5 × 71,5 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, Segantini Museum St.Moritz, Depositum der Otto Fischbacher Giovanni Segantini Stiftung).

Follow in the footsteps of world-renowned artist Giovanni Segantini on a one- to two-hour walking tour of Savognin, discovering the landscape and motifs that once inspired his paintings.

Giovanni Segantini lived with his family in Savognin from 1886 to 1894. He was already a successful artist during his lifetime. Many of his great works were created in Savognin. Savognin is now located in Parc Ela, the largest nature park in Switzerland. Segantini discovered more than 100 years ago what still distinguishes the area today. He was fascinated by the mountain landscape and the clear light in the mountains, was interested in the animals and the people who worked outdoors and was inspired by nature.

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Highest Point 1241 m

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Stradung 15, Savognin

Destination

Church of Son Martegn, Savognin

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46.597131, 9.59723

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Biography Giovanni Segantini, 1858-1899

Segantini was born on 15th January, 1858 in Arco. When his mother died, he was placed in the care of his half-sister in Milan at the age of 7. She returns his Austrian papers without applying for Italian citizenship, leaving Segantini stateless until his death. He spends gloomy youth years, lives partly on the streets and in an educational institution. From 1875 he attended the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and celebrated his first successes. In 1879 he met his future art dealers Vittore and Alberto Grubicy. He meets Luigia Bugatti, known as Bice, who stays by his side from then on. Because of Segantini's statelessness, the couple can never marry. In 1880 they moved to Brianza, where Segantini studied the everyday life of farmers and shepherds. From 1882 to 1886 their four children Gottardo, Alberto, Mario and Bianca were born. In 1886 the whole family moved to Savognin. Segantini discovers the mountains and rural life. He begins to work in his very personal divisionist painting technique and pictorial language. In 1894 the family moved to Maloja. On September 28, 1899, Segantini died of peritonitis on the Schafberg.

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Important: Save the tour to your mobile phone via a Wi-Fi connection.
Open the tour and then the map. On the map you can open the individual points and get to information texts, pictures and partly audios. If you have set GPS tracking, you will see your location on the route. The audio files can be found at the corresponding points at the back of the pictures.

Flyer walk "Segantini in Savognin"

Directions

The tour starts at the Hotel Pianta at Stradung 15 and ends at the church of Son Martegn on the other side of the village and valley. If you read and listen to all the information, you will need about 2 hours.

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Public Transport

With SBB and Rhätischer Bahn via Chur or from St. Moritz to Tiefencastel. From there you continue by postbus to Savognin. Three times a day, a Postbus runs directly from the Engadin via the Julier to Savognin. Timetable online: www.sbb.ch/.

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Segantini 15: Museum regiunal Savognin

Regional museum in the former farmhouse. In the crest are wagons, sledges and equipment (e.g. a plough), which can be found in Segantini's pictures.

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Segantini 01: Hotel Pianta

Non vado più oltre, resto qui.» – «Stop, I'm not going on, I'm staying here,» Segantini said to the coachman on arrival in Savognin. Viktor Pianta took him and his wife Bice in and granted them hospitality in his hotel during the first months.

Der Stall von ANIM – etwas zurückversetzt zur Strasse.

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Segantini 02: Stall vom ANIM

The stable of the peterelli tower house (3), which was already in Savognin during Segantini's lifetime, now houses a workshop for thinking and the future.

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Segantini 03: Turmhaus Peterelli

At today's Stradung 28 once lived government councillor Franz Peterelli. He campaigned for a residence permit for Segantini, who was stateless due to a lack of papers, and together with Viktor Pianta he vouched for the Segantini family.

Costume grigionese – Bündnerin am Brunnen, 1887: (54 × 79 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, Segantini Museum St. Moritz, Depositum der Otto Fischbacher Giovanni Segantini Stiftung).

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Segantini 04: Costume grigionese – Bündnerin am Brunnen, 1887

Baba as a shepherdess in Graubünden Sunday costume – an archetypal representation of drinking. At the time of Segantini, the water for the household was fetched at the well, washed and the animals were soaked. Today, the fountains like this one in front of the church of Son Mitgel serve only as an ornament.

Baba Uffer – Magd der Familie Segantini und Modell für viele von Giovanni Segantinis Bildern.

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Segantini 05: Baba Uffer – Magd und Modell

Baba Uffer grew up in this quarter in the house at Veia Son Mitgel 15. She joined the Segantini family as a domestic help at the age of 13 and became the painter's preferred model. Baba embodies the young farmer's wife in many of Segantini's works.

Ritorno dal bosco – Rückkehr vom Wald, 1890: (64 × 95 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, Segantini Museum St.Moritz, Depositum der Otto Fischbacher Giovanni Segantini Stiftung).

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Segantini 06: Ritorno dal bosco – Rückkehr vom Wald, 1890

First painting with the explicit theme of death – the snow as a sheet of death and the way directly to the church tower (by Son Mitgel): The last stage of life has been reached. The picture location is probably at the corner of Veia Tgaplottas and Veia Davos Tga.

Ritorno all'ovile – Rückkehr zum Schafstall, 1888: (79,5×133 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, Segantini Museum St.Moritz, Depositum der Otto Fischbacher Giovanni Segantini Stiftung).

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Segantini 07: Ritorno all'ovile – Rückkehr zum Schafstall, 1888

The sheep are returned from the pasture to the barn shortly before dark. Segantini thus addresses the intimate bond between humans and animals. The original stable no longer exists, it stood east of the Veia Tgaplottas (Chapel Path). In the background of the picture you can see the chapel.

Sul balcone – Auf dem Balkon, 1892: (64,5 × 41 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Depositum der Gottfried Keller-Stiftung).

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Segantini 08: Sul balcone – Auf dem Balkon, 1892

Segantini painted the balcony scene in this quarter on a wooden balcony of the stables that used to stand at Veia Sur Ual 16-18. The original balcony no longer exists. In the background you can see the church of Son Mitgel.

La portatrice d'acqua – Die Wasserträgerin, 1886/87: (74×45,5 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, Segantini Museum St.Moritz, Depositum der Gottfried Keller-Stiftung).

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Segantini 09: La portatrice d'acqua – Die Wasserträgerin, 1886/87

Working farmer's wife, presumably painted in the backyard of the house, where the painting "Sul balcone" was created. It is the first painting Segantini painted in Savognin.

Aratura – Das Pflügen, 1890: (116 × 227 cm, Bayrische Staatsgemäldesammlung, Neue Pinakothek, München).

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Segantini 10: Aratura – Das Pflügen, 1890

From the Plazza Segantini Segantini, Segantini painted the picture of the hard peasant work in the alpine landscape. He adapted the real terrain to his artistic needs. The staging on site shows Segantini painting the picture, while his wife Bice reads to him as so often.

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Segantini 20: Alp Tussagn

In search of the clear light, Segantini is drawn higher and higher. He spends his summers in a hut on Alp Tussagn. There he paints "Cows at the Drinking Trough" and "Lunch in the Alps".

Haus Peterelli um 1900 – Das Wohnhaus der Segantinis in Savognin

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Segantini 11: Haus Peterelli, ehemaliges Wohnhaus der Familie Segantini

In this villa at Veia Segantini 2 the Segantini family lived for 8 years.

It is privately owned and not open to the public.

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Segantini 12: Hotel Piz Mitgel

Built in 1870, the hotel benefited from pass traffic at the time of Segantini. Every day, travellers travelled by stagecoach from Chur to the Engadine. The Hotel Piz Mitgel still has a land register right to an unobstructed view of the Piz d'Err. Therefore, the house Peterelli was built a little back.

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Segantini 13: Sala Segantini

Space for exhibitions of local artists. Outside of these guest exhibitions, the small but fine exhibition "Segantini in Savognin" on the life and work of Giovanni Segantini will be shown.

Le due madri – Die beiden Mütter, 1889: gewann 1896 die goldene Staatsmedaille der Vereinigung bildender Künstler «Osterreichs» (162,5 × 301 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, Gallerdia d'Arte Moderna, Mailand).

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Segantini 14: Le due madri – Die beiden Mütter, 1889

The picture painted in the stable of the local museum Savognin is considered a key work for the representation of motherhood. The theme occupies Giovanni Segantini for a lifetime and can be seen in various of his paintings. He himself lost his mother at an early age and spent a difficult childhood.

Allo sciogliersi delle nevi – Bei der Schneeschmelze, 1888: (66 × 98 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, Segantini Museum St.Moritz, Depositum der Otto Fischbacher Giovanni Segantini Stiftung).

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Segantini 16: Allo scogliersi delle nevi – Bei der Schneeschmelze, 1888

The everyday walk to the potion symbolizes the cyclical reawakening of nature. The original fountain stood here near today's fountain.

Ragazza che fa la calza – Strickendes Mädchen, 1888: (55 × 91,5 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, Kunsthaus Zürich, Depositum der Gottfried Keller-Stiftung).

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Segantini 18: Ragazza che fa la calza – Strickendes Mädchen, 1888

Baba as a knitting girl. The divisionist style brings out the clear light of the mountains particularly clearly in this picture. Picture location at the church of Nossadonna overlooking the village.

Skizze Fassadengestaltung Kirche Nossadonna, 1989: (49,8 × 39,6 cm, Tusche, Bleistift, Aquarell und Tinte auf Karton, Gemeinde Surses).

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Segantini 17: Skizze Fassadenneugestaltung Kirche Nossadonna

The sketch of the church façade is the only original in Savognin by Segantini (1888/1889). It was a gift from Segantini to the municipality of Savognin, but was never implemented.

Le cattive madri – Die bösen Mütter, 1894: Das Bild zeigt die Erlösung und damit den zweiten Teil des Gedichtes «Nirvana». (120 × 225 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Wien)

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Segantini 19: Le cattive madri – Die bösen Mütter, 1894

The picture refers to the poem «Nirvana» by Luigi Illica. Segantini painted it at the Lai Tigiel above Alp Tussagn on the opposite side of the valley. He may also have been inspired by the figures in the ceiling painting in the church of Son Martegn.

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