Segantini Museum, Cultural property museum in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The Segantini Museum is an art museum in St. Moritz, Grisons, Switzerland, dedicated to the painter Giovanni Segantini and housed in a purpose-built circular building topped by a wide dome. The round shape of the structure and its bright interior make it one of the most recognizable museum buildings in the Swiss Alps.
The building was designed by architect Nicolaus Hartmann and opened in 1908, based on a pavilion plan first drawn up for the 1900 Paris World Exhibition. It was built as a memorial to Giovanni Segantini, an Austrian painter who spent the final years of his life in the mountains of Grisons.
The museum holds the largest collection of works by Giovanni Segantini anywhere in the world, a painter who made mountain life and rural labor the center of his work. Walking through the rooms, visitors can see how closely he observed the people and the light of the high Alps.
The museum sits in the center of St. Moritz and is easy to reach on foot, with signs pointing to the entrance from the main streets. A visit pairs well with a walk around the village, as the building is close to the main roads and shops.
The triptych "Life, Nature, Death" that Segantini was painting when he died in 1899 was originally meant to be shown at the Paris World Exhibition but never made it there. It is now the centerpiece of the collection and occupies its own room inside the museum.
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