Alberto giacometti

Artist: Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, Borgonovo 1901–1966 Chur). Date: 1949. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: 30 1/8 x 13 x 12 3/4 in. (76.5 x 33 x 32.4 cm). Clas...

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Alberto Giacometti. Untitled. 1952 | MoMA

Although Alberto Giacometti is most often remembered for his towering statues and landscape paintings, the artist began every new project with a sketch. Preferring either a ballpoint pen or pencil, he referred to the act of drawing as the “basis” for all of his artworks. In Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure—the extensive retrospective which …

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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI: WITHOUT END AT GAGOSIAN GALLERY HONG KONG 13 March 2014 - 31 May 2014 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI: WITHOUT END AT GAGOSIAN GALLERY HONG KONG 13 March 2014 - 31 May 2014 Oh! the desire to do pictures of Paris, a little everywhere, there where life has led me, or would leave me, the only way for all this my lithograph crayon, not painting or drawing, just this crayon for capturing on the spot, with no chance of ever erasing or revising, my first impressions. Alberto Giacometti…

The Japanese philosopher Isaku Yanaihara (1918-1989) regularly sat for Alberto Giacometti. Having come to France in 1954 to study philosophy at the Sorbonne, he met the artist for the first time in November 1955 for an interview. He quickly became the model for several portraits in 1956, then during his stays in 1957, 1959, 1960 and 1961.This work was made on his second stay, between August and September 1957. On that occasion, Yanaihara took a photo of Giacometti’s studio and paintings…

The sculptor Alberto Giacometti said, "Sometimes it's very tempting to be satisfied with what's easy, particularly if people tell you it's good....What's essential is to work without any preconception whatever, without knowing in advance what the picture is going to...

Alberto Giacometti, the Swiss sculptor and painter, had a profound and existential philosophy that greatly influenced his art. Central to his philosophy was the exploration of the human condition, particularly the themes of existence, perception, and identity. Giacometti was deeply interested in the nature of reality and the human experience of being in the world. He believed that art had the power to reveal fundamental truths about existence, and he sought to capture the essence of human…

Alberto Giacometti, Portrait of Diego with a Tartan Shirt (1954) - Fondation Maeght, St-Paul-de-Vence, France