Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo:
Italian, 1868-1907
was an Italian painter. He was born and died in Volpedo, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Pellizza, considered a neo-impressionist artist, was a divisionist painter - using small dots of paints according to specific color theory. His most famous work is Il Quarto Stato ("The Fourth estate"). This rich, expressive work has become a well-known symbol for progressive and socialist causes in Italy, and through out Europe.
Bruten Blomma (mk19)
c 1896-1902 Olja på canvas. 79.5 x 107 cm Fundera d~Orsay.Paris
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