Alberto Giacometti

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Swiss artist draughtsman human painter printmaker sculptor

Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor and painter renowned for his elongated, existentialist human figures that became iconic in 20th-century modern art.

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Label Occurrences
Alberto Giacometti canonical 21
Giacometti 2

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Swiss artist ⓘ
draughtsman ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1966 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920 ⓘ
artisticStyle elongated, attenuated figures ⓘ
associatedWith André Breton ⓘ
Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ
Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ
Surrealist group in Paris ⓘ
awardReceived Grand Prize for Sculpture, Venice Biennale 1962 ⓘ
burialPlace Borgonovo cemetery, Stampa, Switzerland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1901-10-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1966-01-11 ⓘ
educatedAt Académie de la Grande Chaumière ⓘ
École des Beaux-Arts, Geneva ⓘ
familyName Alberto Giacometti self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Giacometti
father Giovanni Giacometti ⓘ
fieldOfWork drawing ⓘ
painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
fullName Alberto Giacometti self-link ⓘ
genre figurative art ⓘ
givenName Alberto ⓘ
heritage Romansh Swiss ⓘ
influenced Contemporary sculpture ⓘ
Francis Bacon ⓘ
influencedBy African art ⓘ
Auguste Rodin ⓘ
Constantin Brâncuși ⓘ
Cubism ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ
surface form: Surrealist movement
languageSpoken French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
movement existentialism ⓘ
surface form: Existentialism

Modern art ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ
notableFor contribution to 20th-century modern art ⓘ
elongated human figures ⓘ
existentialist sculpture ⓘ
notableWork L'Homme au doigt ⓘ
L'Homme qui marche I ⓘ
L'Homme qui marche II ⓘ
La Cage ⓘ
La Clairière ⓘ
La Femme égorgée ⓘ
La Forêt ⓘ
La Place ⓘ
Portrait of Jean Genet ⓘ
Tête d'homme ⓘ
placeOfBirth Borgonovo, Stampa, Graubünden, Switzerland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chur ⓘ
surface form: Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland
residence Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France

Stampa, Switzerland ⓘ
sibling Diego Giacometti ⓘ
spouse Annette Arm ⓘ
subjectOf Fondation Giacometti, Paris ⓘ
Giacometti (Tate retrospective exhibitions) ⓘ
workLocation Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France

Referenced by (23)

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Pierre Matisse → representedArtist → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Kunsthaus Zürich → hasWorkBy → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Académie de la Grande Chaumière → hasNotableStudent → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Kimbell Art Museum → hasWorkBy → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Giacometti
Albright-Knox Art Gallery → significantArtistInCollection → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
César Baldaccini → influencedBy → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Surrealist Group in Paris → hasMember → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Tériade → collaboratedWith → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
National Museum of Western Art → hasWorkBy → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Pierre Matisse Gallery → representedArtist → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Pierre Matisse Gallery → exhibitedWorkBy → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Alberto Giacometti → fullName → Alberto Giacometti self-link ⓘ
Alberto Giacometti → familyName → Alberto Giacometti self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Giacometti
La Coupole → hasClient → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Peggy Guggenheim Collection → exhibitsWorkBy → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Giacometti collection → mainSubject → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Giacometti collection → hasCreator → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Giacometti collection → associatedWithPerson → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Antoine Bourdelle → influenced → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Antoine Bourdelle → notableStudent → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Kunstmuseum Bern → significantArtistInCollection → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Musée de Grenoble → hasWorkBy → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ
Museum Berggruen → hasCollection → Alberto Giacometti ⓘ