Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (1868–1907) was an Italian painter associated with Divisionism, an approach to colour based on placing separate strokes of pigment beside one another. Born in Volpedo, Piedmont, he studied in Milan, Rome and Florence before returning to his native village. He developed an interest in rural labour, landscape and the changing qualities of natural light.
His Washing in the Sun (1905) depicts laundry drying outdoors in bright sunshine. Its light-filled setting reflects his interest in everyday subjects and the effects of colour and atmosphere. His best-known painting, The Fourth Estate (1901), presents a group of workers walking forward together and became an emblem of social reform.
Pellizza's work developed alongside that of other Italian Divisionists, including Gaetano Previati, whose themes were more overtly symbolic. After the deaths of his wife and infant son, Pellizza died by suicide in 1907. His paintings combine a precise study of light with an interest in the lives of ordinary people.
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