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Alberto Giacometti

Giacometti was born in Borgonovo, Switzerland, in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia near the Italian border, as the eldest of four children of Giovanni Giacometti, a well known post Impressionist painter, and Annetta Giacometti Stampa. He was a descendant of Protestant refugees escaping the inquisition. ing from an artistic background, he was interested in art ...

A Giacometti Portrait by James Lord Goodreads

American writer James Lord became friends with Alberto Giacometti in the years after WWII, and in the early '60s sat for a portrait. This brief memoir recounts the 18 days that Lord spent immobile in Giacometti's Paris studio, while the artist cursed, complained, procrastinated, and gave voice to an incredible sense of self doubt about his abilities and indeed the whole prospect of art.

Alberto Giacometti | Swiss sculptor and painter | Britannica

Alberto Giacometti, (born October 10, 1901, Borgonovo, Switzerland—died January 11, 1966, Chur), 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.

Fondation Giacometti Home

The Giacometti Foundation, Paris is a private French institution recognized as being of public utility. Its purpose is the protection, diffusion and influence of the work of Alberto Giacometti. It is headed by Catherine Grenier, curator. It has the richest collection in the world of works by Alberto Giacometti. The Foundation designs and organizes exhibitions, seminars and conferences.