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.
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The world-famous painter Giovanni Segantini came to Savognin in 1886. Take a break at the memorial stone and see the landscape and light that inspired Segantini.
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From his hut on Alp Tussagn, Segantini climbs even higher up to Lai Tigiel in a 2 1/2-hour walk. There he worked on the paintings «Alpenweiden», «Die Strafe der Wollüstigen» and «Die bösen Mütter».
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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.
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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 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.
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Place of origin of “La Vita“ by the artist Giovanni Segantini
Giovanni Segantini is considered a great innovator of Alpine painting and an important representative of symbolism in the fin-de-siècle. His work “Werden- La vita“ was created at this location.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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