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Giovanni Segantini — Les Deux Mères — Image creditsGiovanni Segantini · Les Deux Mères · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Giovanni Segantini — « Les Deux Mères ».
Giovanni Segantini · Les Deux Mères · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Giovanni Segantini · 5 min read

Two maternities in the light of a single stable

With The Two Mothers, Segantini brings a woman and her child close to a cow and her calf. This 1889 painting, held in Milan, makes sharing space a relationship stronger than any spectacular action.

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Giovanni Segantini — Les Mauvaises Mères — Image creditsGiovanni Segantini · Les Mauvaises Mères · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Giovanni Segantini — « Les Mauvaises Mères ».
Giovanni Segantini · Les Mauvaises Mères · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Giovanni Segantini · 5 min read

The tree that ceases to be a simple landscape

In The Evil Mothers of 1894, Segantini brings human figures into an unsettling winter landscape. The Belvedere has related this work to the history of trees in art, revealing the strength of the motif carrying the scene.

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