Giacometti, Alberto Artists Art History

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Swiss sculptor and painter, son of the impressionist painter Giovannia Giacometti. In the 1930s and thereafter, he created highly original sculptures of elongated, emaciated human figures, usually in bronze. Giacometti's haunting images have been described as perfect expressions of existentialist pessimism.

• Artchive: Alberto Giacometti and the Surrealists - The entire text of "No More Play" by giacometti, alberto Rosalind Krauss, one of many essays.
• Artcyclopedia: Alberto Giacometti - Links to works by the artist in art giacometti, alberto museum giacometti, alberto sites and image archives worldwide.
• The Alberto Giacometti Page - Sculpture, paintings, and texts.
• Artchive: Alberto Giacometti - Text from Edward Lucie-Smith, and links to images g on the artists web.

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