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Alberto Giacometti (/ ˌ dʒ æ k ə ˈ m ɛ t i /, [1] US also / ˌ dʒ ɑː k-/, [2] [3] [4] Italian: [alˈbɛrto dʒakoˈmetti]; 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker.
Alberto Giacometti (born October 10, 1901, Borgonovo, Switzerland—died January 11, 1966, Chur) was a Swiss sculptor and painter, best known for his attenuated sculptures of solitary figures. His work has been compared to that of the existentialists in literature.
Alberto Giacometti (, US also , Italian: [alˈbɛrto dʒakoˈmetti]; 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker. Beginning in 1922, he lived and worked mainly in Paris but regularly visited his hometown Borgonovo to see his family and work on his art.
Alberto Giacometti's remarkable career traces the shifting enthusiasms of European art before and after the Second World War. As a Surrealist in the 1930s, he devised innovative sculptural forms, sometimes reminiscent of toys and games.
May 8, 2012 · Alberto Giacometti (, US also , Italian: [alˈbɛrto dʒakoˈmetti]; 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker. Beginning in 1922, he lived and worked mainly in Paris but regularly visited his hometown Borgonovo to see his family and work on his art.
Sculptor, painter, draughtsman and printmaker, Alberto Giacometti is one of the great artists of the twentieth century. We look at eight top things to know about the artist and his varied career. 1. He is an era defining sculptor.
Throughout his life, Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, born Borgonovo, 1901–1966) was devoted to portraying the human figure in various styles and media. In 1922 he moved to Paris to study with Antoine Bourdelle, Auguste Rodin’s protégé.
Three Men Walking II. Alberto Giacometti Swiss. 1949. Not on view. Giacometti was born into a Swiss family of artists. His early work was informed by Surrealism and Cubism, but in 1947 he settled into producing the kind of expressionist sculpture for which he is best known.
Alberto Giacometti is born on 10 October 1901 in the mountain village of Borgonovo near Stampa in the Val Bregaglia, canton of Graubünden. His father is the well-known Post-Impressionist painter Giovanni Giacometti (1868–1933); his mother Annetta Giacometti-Stampa (1871–1964) comes from one of the valley’s landed families.
Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966) is one of the leading artists of the 20th century. He created a seminal body of work, primarily as a sculptor but also as a painter and draughtsman.
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