Alberto Giacometti

About

Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman, and printmaker, widely regarded as one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. Born into an artistic family in Borgonovo, Switzerland, he began drawing under his father's guidance as a child and studied art in Geneva from 1919, later traveling to Italy where Egyptian and ancient sculptures profoundly influenced him. In 1922, he settled in Paris, studying under Antoine Bourdelle and engaging with Cubism and Surrealism, becoming a key figure in the Surrealist movement until around 1935 when he shifted toward more figurative, existential works exploring the human condition.[1][2][3]

Existentialist elongated figures influenced by Cubism and Surrealism