Segantini: the new acquisitions on display at the Galleria Civica of Arco.

The spaces of the Galleria Civica G. Segantini di Arco now offer an additional room dedicated to new acquisitions by the Arco Municipality and two fine long-term loans.
On current display in this room there are three works: Natura morta con lepre e frutta / Still Life with hare and fruit (cm 26,5 x 100,5), Natura morta con pesce e verdura / Still life with fish and vegetables (cm 20 x 95,5) e Natura morta di cacciagione e frutta / Still life with game and fruit (cm 21 x 94,5), all painted by Giovanni Segantini between 1879 and 1880. The three oils on zinc plate, originally probably composed as a triptych and intended as an advertising sign, are an interesting novelty in Segantini’s oeuvre and will be the subject of future studies.

Alongside the three still lifes, a further two oil paintings have entered the MAG collections thanks to a long-term loan from a private collector: a small landscape, Paesaggio brianteo / Landscape in Brianza (1884-1885), and of Pulcini nell’aia / Chicks in the farmyard (1883-1885), both referable to Giovanni Segantini’s youth.