Alberto Giacometti has long been recognized as one of the most original artists of the last century producing not just the sculptures for which he is best known but . I first discovered his work at an exhibit of his works at the MoMA in 2001 where I was so impressed by his slender figures of rough bronze particularly Walking Man and City Square. Virtually every book or article on Alberto Giacometti includes some element of biography. And he is perhaps .
James Lord met Swissborn sculptor Alberto Giacometti 190166 in 1952 when he had moved beyond the mysterious surrealist works that first won him fame . Giacometti A . Alberto Giacometti A Biography Grenier Catherine 03793 Books Amazon.ca. Alberto Giacometti A Biography Alberto Giacometti was one of the most enigmatic and memorable personalities of the twentieth century. Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss artist known for his totemic sculptures of elongated human figures. He died on Janu in Chur Switzerland. Giacometti attended the School of Fine Art in Geneva. Another brother Bruno became an architect. Alberto Giacometti is best known for his elongated withered representations of the human form including his 1960 sculpture Walking Man I which in 2010 broke the record for a work of art at auction at 104.3 million.After experimenting with Cubism and Surrealism in forms influenced by primitive art psychoanalytic theory and toys Giacometti broke from Surrealism and began his radical. He is considered one of the major 20th century sculptors. Giacomettis early influences included his fatherpainter Giovanni Giacomettisculptor Antoine Bourdelle and mentors Zadkine Lipchitz and Laurens. Alberto Giacometti a biography Kindle edition by Grenier Catherine.