Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker, who 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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Borgonovo
- Educated at
- Académie de la Grande Chaumière
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"One starts by seeing the person who poses, but little by little all the possible sculptures of him intervene... The more real a real vision of him disappears, the stranger his head becomes."
"A little after I started to do sculpture, I painted some of them, and then I destroyed them all. I've begun again several times. In 1951, I painted a whole series of sculptures. But in painting them, …"
"And then the wish to make compositions with figures. For this I had to make , one or two studies from nature, just enough to understand the construction of a head, of a whole figure, and in 1935 I too…"
"Figures were never for me a compact mass but like a transparent construction."
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Timeline
1901
Born
Birth1966
Died
Death
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