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Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti (1948) (photo by Emmy Andriesse)
Born
(1901-10-10)10 October 1901
Borgonovo, Stampa, Graubünden, Switzerland
Died
11 January 1966(1966-01-11) (aged 64)
Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland
Education
The School of Fine Arts, Geneva
Known for
Sculpture, painting, drawing
Notable work
Tête qui regarde
The Palace at 4 a.m.
L'Homme au doigt
Grande tête mince
Large Standing Woman I
Monumental Head
L'Homme qui marche I
Movement
Surrealism, Expressionism, Cubism, Formalism
Spouse
Annette Arm
(m. 1949)
Awards
"Grand Prize for Sculpture" at 1962 Venice Biennale
Website
fondation-giacometti.fr
Alberto Giacometti (/ˌdʒækəˈmɛti/,[1]US also /ˌdʒɑːk-/,[2][3][4]Italian:[alˈbɛrtodʒakoˈmetti]; 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.
Giacometti was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. His work was particularly influenced by artistic styles such as Cubism and Surrealism. Philosophical questions about the human condition, as well as existential and phenomenological debates played a significant role in his work.[5] Around 1935 he gave up on his Surrealist influences to pursue a more deepened analysis of figurative compositions. Giacometti wrote texts for periodicals and exhibition catalogues and recorded his thoughts and memories in notebooks and diaries. His critical nature led to self-doubt about his own work and his self-perceived inability to do justice to his own artistic vision. His insecurities nevertheless remained a powerful motivating artistic force throughout his entire life.[6]
Between 1938 and 1944 Giacometti's sculptures had a maximum height of seven centimeters (2.75 inches).[7] Their small size reflected the actual distance between the artist's position and his model. In this context he self-critically stated: "But wanting to create from memory what I had seen, to my terror the sculptures became smaller and smaller".[8] After World War II, Giacometti created his most famous sculptures: his extremely tall and slender figurines. These sculptures were subject to his individual viewing experience—between an imaginary yet real, a tangible yet inaccessible space.[9]
In Giacometti's whole body of work, his painting constitutes only a small part. After 1957, however, his figurative paintings were equally as present as his sculptures. The almost monochrome paintings of his late work do not refer to any other artistic styles of modernity.[10]
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^Gerber, Louis (8 September 2001). "Alberto Giacometti". www.cosmopolis.ch. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
^Fondation Beyeler. The Collection. Ed. by Vischer, Theodora, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Basel. ISBN 9783775743334. OCLC 1010067077.
^Angela Schneider: Wie aus weiter Ferne. Konstanten im Werk Giacomettis, in: Angela Schneider: Giacometti. p. 71
^Letter to Pierre Matisse, 1947. In: Exhibition of Sculptures, Paintings, Drawings, exh. cat. Pierre Matisse Gallery (New York, 1948), pp. 29.
^Reinhold Hohl: Lebenschronik. In: Angela Schneider: Giacometti, p. 26
^Lucius Grisebach: Die Malerei, in: Angela Schneider: Giacometti, p. 82
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