4. The Retribution of Unnatural Mothers (From the Painting of Giovanni Segantini) riprodotto in “The Magazine of Art”, 20, novembre 1896, p. 28
tions that constantly appear in the world of art cannot fail to have noticed with ever increasing frequency the recurrence of the name of Giovanni Segantini. This Italian artist, who is beginning to make a great name for himself outside the limits of his native land, is one of the most robust and original personalities among modern painters. So far is he from seeking after merepraise, from desiring to be the talk of the town or a more or less passing fashion […] Segantini stands in the front rank of the Modern Italian painters”28. La lunga citazione tratta dalla ricordata biografia non solo colloca l’artista arcense tra i più importanti pittori italiani contemporanei, ma ne definisce il ruolo au67