GIACOMETTI, Alberto.

Alberto Giacometti
Swiss 1901-1966
School of Paris sculptor, painter and draughtsman, born in Switzerland, son of the Post-Impressionist painter Giovanni Giacometti. Studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva 1919-20 and in Italy 1920-1. Moved in 1922 to Paris where he first studied in Archipenko's studio, then for five years at the Acadamie de la Grande Chaumire under Bourdelle. First one-man exhibition at the Galerie Aktuaryus, Zurich, 1927. Participated in the Surrealist movement 1930-5. He had no exhibitions between 1935 and 1947. Lived 1941-5 in Geneva, then returned to Paris. His characteristic style dates from 1947 when he started to make figures which were very tall and thin. Awarded the First Prize for Sculpture at the Pittsburgh International in 1961, the main prize for sculpture at the Venice Biennale 1962, and the Guggenheim International Award for Painting 1964. Died in Switzerland.

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