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ID: 500118871 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500118871			Record Type: Person

Giacometti, Alberto (Swiss painter, sculptor, and printmaker, 1901-1966)

Note: Giacometti was a Swiss artist who is best known for his lanky sculptures of solitary figures. At a young age it became apparent he was extremely adept in the fine arts. Encouragement from his father, Giovanni and his godfather, Cuno Amiet (both painters) lead him to pursue an artistic career. Between 1922 and 1925, Giacometti studied at the Académie de la Grande-Chaumiére in Paris. His brother Diego was a furniture designer as well as Giacometti's model and studio assistant; his brother Bruno was an architect.

Names:
	Giacometti, Alberto (preferred,V,index,LC,English-P,NA,U)
	Alberto Giacometti (V,display)
	Gʼaḳomeṭi, Alberṭo (U)
	ג'אקומטי, אלברטו (U,Hebrew-P,NA,U)

Nationalities:
	Swiss (preferred)

Roles:
	artist (preferred)
	sculptor
	painter
	printmaker
	portraitist
	genre artist

Gender: male


Birth and Death Places:
	Born: Borgonovo (Graubünden, Switzerland) (inhabited place) Died: Chur (Graubünden, Switzerland) (inhabited place)

Events:

	active:		Paris (Île-de-France, France) (inhabited place)
	active:		Geneva (Genève, Switzerland) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:

child of ....	Giacometti, Giovanni
..............	(Swiss painter, 1868-1933) [500021953]

collaborated with ....	Frank, Jean-Michel
................................	(French designer and sculptor, 1895-1941) [500128004]

friend of ....	Paolozzi, Eduard
................	(British sculptor and printmaker, 1924-2005) [500027981]

influenced ....	Bezerra, Vauluizo
....................	(Brazilian painter, born 1952) [500356616]

member was ....	Giacometti family
..................	(Swiss artists, active 19th-20th centuries) [500072654]

sibling of ....	Giacometti, Bruno
..................	(Swiss architect, born 1907) [500345462]

sibling of ....	Giacometti, Diego
..................	(Swiss sculptor and designer, 1902-1985) [500013759]

student of ....	Bourdelle, Emile Antoine
..................	(French sculptor, 1861-1929) [500028923]

teacher of ....	Johnson, Daniel LaRue
..................	(American sculptor, painter, 1938-2017) [500122134]

List/Hierarchical Position:

....

Persons, Artists

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Giacometti, Alberto (I)

Biographies:

(Swiss painter, sculptor, and printmaker, 1901-1966) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Swiss painter, sculptor, printmaker, 1901-1966) ..... [BHA]
(Swiss painter, sculptor, and printmaker, 1901-1966) ..... [GRLPA]
(Swiss artist, 1901-1966) ..... [WCP]
(Swiss artist, 1901-1966) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(Swiss sculptor, 1901-1966) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(artist, 1901-1966) ..... [GRL]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
(Swiss artist, 1901-1966) ..... [MoMA]
(Swiss artist) ..... [PROV]
(Swiss painter, 1901-1966) ..... [IMJ]
(Swiss artist, 1901-1966) ..... [Belvedere]
(artist) ..... [Belvedere]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:

ג'אקומטי, אלברטו ........	[GRL, IMJ]
................................	Israel Museum Jerusalem database
................................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 80032247

Alberto Giacometti ........	[GRISC, MoMA, PROV, VP]
......................................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
......................................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
......................................	Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)

Gʼaḳomeṭi, Alberṭo ........	[GRL]
......................................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 80032247

Giacometti, Alberto ........	[Belvedere Preferred, BHA Preferred, CL-Courtauld Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, IMJ Preferred, MoMA Preferred, PROV Preferred, VP Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
........................................	Archiv des Belvedere database: Künstlerdokumentation (n.d.) 1302
........................................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
........................................	Grove Dictionary of Art (1996)
........................................	Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
........................................	Israel Museum Jerusalem database
........................................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 80032247
........................................	M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
........................................	Oxford Concise Dictionary of Art and Artists (1996) 202
........................................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
........................................	RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
........................................	Witt Library, Authority files


Note:
English	..........	[CL-Courtauld, VP, WL-Courtauld]
	..........	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 22 February 2005

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