Alberto Giacometti's Death

The sculptor Alberto Giacometti died at the age of 64. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Swiss painter and sculptor who was associated with the surrealist movement. He created Woman of Venice II, a painted bronze sculpture.

He often used his three siblings as models for his artwork.

Quotes

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“When you look at art made by other people, you see what you need to see in it.” (Alberto Giacometti)

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“I’ve been fifty thousand times to the Louvre. I have copied everything in drawing, trying to understand.” (Alberto Giacometti)

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“In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist’s obsession with his subject; the form is always in proportion to the obsession.” (Alberto Giacometti)

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“It is impossible to do a thing the way I see it because the closer I get the more differently I see.” (Alberto Giacometti)

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“The older I grow, the more I find myself alone.” (Alberto Giacometti)