Alberto Giacometti
Basic information:
Born on the 10th October 1901
He died on the 11th January 1966
(aged 64)
Nationality: Swiss
There is a movie called Alberto Giacometti which is about him and his carrer about sculpting art peices.
Alberto lived in Borgonovo Switzerland and also Stampa, ( where he was from) and he also lived in paris for a short while.
Yesterday a bronze sculpture was auctioned to an anonymous bidder for £65 million, which made it the most expensive piece of art ever to be sold
The reason Alberto Giacometti sculpts these creative art peices is because he has an interest in art sculpting. Alberto is well known for sculpting stick figure like people. So they are really tall but thin figures. He liked to spend a lot of time sculpting peices such as these two down below:
Born on the 10th October 1901
He died on the 11th January 1966
(aged 64)
Nationality: Swiss
There is a movie called Alberto Giacometti which is about him and his carrer about sculpting art peices.
Alberto lived in Borgonovo Switzerland and also Stampa, ( where he was from) and he also lived in paris for a short while.
Yesterday a bronze sculpture was auctioned to an anonymous bidder for £65 million, which made it the most expensive piece of art ever to be sold
The reason Alberto Giacometti sculpts these creative art peices is because he has an interest in art sculpting. Alberto is well known for sculpting stick figure like people. So they are really tall but thin figures. He liked to spend a lot of time sculpting peices such as these two down below:
One of Alberto Giacometti stick figure like sculptures thats as tall as a full grown man.
Alberto Giacometti
