Geburtsdatum | Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 1901 |
Geburtsort | Stampa |
Todesort | Chur |
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Beschreibung | Alberto Giacometti (/ˌdʒækəˈmɛti/, US also /ˌdʒɑːk-/, Italian: [alˈbɛrto dʒakoˈmetti]; 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. 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. |
All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see and my success will always be less than my failure or perhaps equal to the failure.
