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Vittore Grubicy de Dragon / Summer at Lake Como

Summer at Lake Como

1889 · Oil on canvas

Sunlight breaks across the waters of Lake Como in short, separated strokes of colour, an early Italian experiment with Divisionist technique.

MovementSSymbolism
LocationRome, Italy
Dimensions46.5 × 40 cm

Why it matters

Grubicy painted a view through a railway underpass to Lake Como, with a twisted tree on the left and Menaggio across the water, in the Divisionist style.

Did you know?

  • It dates from around 1889.
  • It was shown at the 1901 Venice Biennale as part of a Four Seasons series.
  • It is in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome.

Based on the French Wikipedia article Été sur le lac de Côme (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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