Giuseppe Vìner (18 October 1875 - 5 October 1925) was an Italian painter, active in depicting rural country landscapes in the style of the Macchiaioli and later in

Divisionism Divisionism, also called chromoluminarism, was the characteristic style in Neo-Impressionist painting defined by the separation of colors into individual dots or patches which interacted optically..Homer, William I. ''Seurat and the Science of P ...

Biography

He was born in

Seravezza Seravezza is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany, Italy. It is located in Versilia, close to the Apuan Alps. Neighboring municipalities *Forte dei Marmi *Massa *Montignoso *Pietrasanta * Stazzema Patron saints Sera ...

, province of Lucca, in present Tuscany. His main work is a triptych called ''Terra Madre'', now split between the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Florence, a museum of Budapest, and a private collection in Düsseldorf. He committed suicide in his home in Castelverde in

Versilia Versilia is a part of Tuscany in the north-western province of Lucca and southern part of Massa-Carrara, and is named after the Versilia river. Known for fashionable Riviera resorts, it consists of numerous clubs that are frequented by local celebr ...

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