Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, The fourth state (Detail), 1898 – 1902, oil on canvas. Museum of the twentieth century, Milan
A journey between daring experiments, technical conquests and civil dedication in the experience of one of the greatest protagonists of divisionism: the exhibition that arrives at the GAM – Galleria d’Arda Modern van Milan for next fall. From next September 26 to January 25, 2026 Pellizza da Volpedo (1868-1907) It will bring together famous and less well -known works, as well as rare documents, for a broad exploration of the human and artistic resemblance of the late nineteenth -century master.
The exhibition will be closed for a year in the sign of the division master with the arrival in the Italian cinemas of the film Pellica -Painter of Volpedoby Francesco Fei with Fabrizio Bentivoglio, and will be expected on the Pinacoteca del Divisionismo di Tortona – which, in addition to a remarkable collection dedicated to movement, keeps the wider core of the artist works – entitled by a Focus entitled The young Pellizza. Academies, Masters and First experiences (of September 13). On this occasion, the museum will present its last, precious acquisition to the public: the oil on Canvas SunStudy For the homonymous, iconic painting preserved in the gallery of modern and contemporary art in Rome, an optical experience performed to the extreme that the artist’s research marked deeply.
Giuseppe Pellizza, Il Sole (Studio), 1903-1904. Oil on canvas. Tortona Divisionism Pinacoteca
The Milanese exhibition, on the other hand, will offer a complete immersion in the life and work of Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, from the first divisionist experiments to the most complex compositions, from the observation of truth to the lighting techniques with which he achieved results of high scientific value. Among the works that must be discovered on the way, representative jewelry of every phase of the painter’s career: theSelf -portrait of the Uffizi (1899) for example, or Sun clothes (1895), Synthesis of observations with true and rigorous experiments on the theme of light, but also The mirror of life (and what the others do)A national scene full of references to symbolism and pre -core (1898), or compositions articulated on universal themes, such as the triptych Love in lifePainted at the beginning of the twentieth century.
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