1. sculptor, painter, and illustrator 1901-1966
alberto giacometti
sculptor, painter, and illustrator

2. born in october of 1901 in an italian-speaking part of switzerland
father was a well-known post-impressionist painter
began drawing as a child – started out illustrating fairy tales
went to paris, france in 1922 to learn from a popular sculptor

3. first sculptures were of human heads – mostly modeled after his brother
these were close to life size sculptures
he studied the human face and drew countless sketches of people

4. war in france forced giacometti back to switzerland where he made tiny sculptures

5. when he returned to paris after the war his sculptures became much taller and thinner

6. in 1916 he was awarded the grand prize for sculpture at the venice biennale which won him global recognition
he then had exhibitions around europe and new york.

7. in 1963 he had an operation for stomach cancer
in 1966 he died from a heart attack in switzerland

8. guesture drawings