Alberto Giacometti
Switzerland (1901—1966)Alberto Giacometti was born in Borgonovo, Switzerland, in 1901. His father, Giovanni Giacometti, was a Swiss painter associated with Post-Impressionism. He studied art in Geneva before moving to Paris in 1922, where he explored Cubism and the influence of African and Oceanian sculpture. In 1931 he joined the Surrealist movement, creating works such as Suspended Ball and a series of mobile and mute objects. He was expelled from the group in 1935 after returning to the study of the human figure from life. During the Second World War, he lived in Geneva from 1942 to 1945. Back in Paris, he developed the elongated figures and heads that became central to his sculpture, investigating the relationship between the human figure and its representation. He also worked in drawing, printmaking and lithography.
