When you look at art made by other people, you see what you need to see in it.
Alberto Giacometti Quotes
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.
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| Birth: | 10th October, 1901 |
| Death: | 11th January, 1966 |
| Nationality: | Swiss |
| Profession: | Painter, Sculptor |
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Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Alberto Giacometti was born in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia and came from an artistic background; his father, Giovanni, was a well-known post-Impressionist painter. Alberto was the eldest of four children and was interested in art from an early age.
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