- Académie de la Grande Chaumière
Alberto Giacometti moved from Cubist and Surrealist experiments into the elongated postwar figures for which he is best known. Working obsessively from memory and from sitters including his brother Diego and wife Annette, he treated representation as an impossible but necessary task.
Sculpture; painting; drawing
Artist Films
Alberto Giacometti – 'A New Way of Thinking About Humanity' | TateShots
Major Works
- 1926–27Spoon Woman →
- 1932The Palace at 4 a.m.
- 1932Woman with Her Throat Cut
- 1934Hands Holding the Void (Invisible Object)
- 1947Man Pointing
- 1947The Nose
- 1948City Square
- 1960Walking Man I
- 1960Tall Woman II
- 1950The Cage
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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