Panorama von Muottas Muragl

Giovanni Giacometti was a Swiss painter best known for his Divisionist alpine landscapes, bold color, and Post-Impressionist techniques. Born on March 7, 1868 in Stampa, Switzerland, he attended the School of Arts and Crafts in Munich, where he became influenced by French Impressionists and befriended fellow painter Cuno Amiet. In 1894, Giacometti met his mentor Giovanni Segantini, who introduced him to Symbolism and large-scale panoramic landscape painting.

The artist was involved in the large panorama project for the 1900 Paris World Exhibition through Giovanni Segantini and, after the failure of this idea, painted various panoramas himself: Following the panorama of Muottas Muragl (1898), he painted a view of the Upper Engadine landscape with the imposing Hotel Palace in Maloja (1899) and, to conclude this series of representative commissioned works, the well-known triptych for the Hotel Waldhaus in Flims (1904).