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Glion, Switzerland. Nationality. Swiss. Known for. Painting, drawing. Movement. Impressionism. Giovanni Ulrico Giacometti (7 March 1868 – 25 June 1933) was a Swiss painter. He was the father of artists Alberto and Diego Giacometti and architect Bruno Giacometti .
Giovanni Giacometti (Swiss, 1868–1933) was a painter, and father of artists Alberto and Diego Giacometti (Swiss, 1901–1966; 1902–1985). Born in Stampa, Switzerland, Giacometti moved to Munich to study art in 1888. While in Germany, he met fellow Swiss painter and illustrator Cuno Amiet (1868–1961), with whom he traveled to Paris.
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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.
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- A youth spent in a studio. Alberto Giacometti grew up in Switzerland in the Val Bregaglia alpine valley, a few kilometers from the Swiss-Italian border.
- The encounter with the arts of Africa and Oceania. Giacometti’s work shows the influence of African and Oceanian sculpture. When the young artist developed an interest in African art in 1926, it was no longer a novelty for the modern artists of the previous generation (Picasso, Derain); it had even become popularized to the point of becoming decorative.
- The surrealist experiment. Giacometti joined André Breton’s Surrealist movement in 1931, as an active member of Breton’s group, Giacometti in no time stood out as one of its rare sculptors.
- Objects. The creation of decorative art objects shows Giacometti’s interest in utilitarian objects which he admired in ancient and primitive societies.
- Giacometti came from an artistic family. Alberto was the eldest of four children born to Giovanni and Annetta Giacometti, who were very encouraging of their creative ambitions.
- He had an interesting circle of friends. Friendships were important to Giacometti. He was sociable and curious, and he valued good conversation and good company.
- He worked from the same studio for much of his career. Giacometti moved into his Montparnasse studio at 46 rue Hippolyte-Maindron in 1926, and worked from there for the rest of his life.
- He was fascinated with the human head. Giacometti had an enduring interest in the representation of the human head, and in 1962 he declared, "If you had a head, you would have everything else; if you don’t have a head, you have nothing".
THE FOUR GIACOMETTIS. By Pierre Schneider. STAMPA. “Giacometti” is the surname of of four artists: Alberto, famous the world over for some 40 years now; his brother Diego, whose reputation seems to grow daily; Giovanni, their father, a much respected painter in his time; and Augusto, second cousin to Giovanni—they had the same grandfather ...
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1901. 10 October: birth of Alberto Giacometti in Borgonovo, a small village in the Val Bregaglia region of Switzerland, near the Italian border. The eldest child of Swiss Impressionist painter and engraver Giovanni Giacometti (1868-1933) and Annetta Stampa (1871-1964), he later has two brothers, Diego (1902-1985) and Bruno (born 1907), and a ...
