Alberto Giacometti: Born: 1901, Stampa, Switzerland.

Studied in art school in Geneva in 1920. In 1922 he moved to Paris to study under the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, an associate of Auguste Rodin. It was there that Giacometti experimented with cubism and surrealism and came to be regarded as one of the leading surrealist sculptors.

During the 1920's, Giacometti was associated with the Surrealist group.

By the mid-1930's, he returned to figurative sculpture. In 1962, Giacometti was awarded the grand prize for sculpture at the Venice Biennale.

Died in 1966.



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