biografía de Alberto GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Personal data
Birth : 10/10/1901 - Stampa GR, Switzerland
Death : 01/11/1966 - Chur GR, Switzerland
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Switzerland
Family relations
Brother of Diego GIACOMETTI 迭戈•贾科梅蒂 [ 1902-1985 ]Representatives
Herbert Lust – 1356 Madison Avenue – New York NY, United States
Scott White Contemporary Art – 7661 Girard Avenue – La Jolla CA, United States
Education
Académie de la Grande Chaumière – Académie de la Grande Chaumière 14 rue de la Grande Chaumière – Paris, France
Pupil of / student of Émile Antoine BOURDELLE [ 1861-1929 ]
Professional data
Work and Life
1929:Meets André MASSON, Paris, France.
1922 – 1966:Lives and works in Paris, France, 46 rue Hippolyte Maindron.
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Oil/canvas
Print-Multiple : Etching - Lithograph
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze - Plaster - Sculpture, wood
Drawing-Watercolor : Ballpoint pen - Ink - Lead pencil - Pencil
Movements and styles
1928-1934 : SurrealismRealism
Abstraction
Modern Sculpture
Works
Intérieur aux fleurs | |
Date of creation : 1959 Medium : Pencil/paper Size : 50 x 33 cm | |
Le Nez | |
Date of creation : 1947 Medium : Plaster Size : 82 x 66 x 37 cm | |
Cube | |
Date of creation : 1934 Medium : Plaster Size : 97 x 60 x 60 cm | |
Femme égorgée | |
Date of creation : 1932/40 Medium : Bronze Size : 22 x 83 x 55 cm | |
La vie continue | |
Date of creation : 1932 Medium : Plaster Size : 26 x 68 x 38 cm | |
Objet désagréable, à jeter | |
Date of creation : 1931 Medium : Bronze Size : 22 x 28 x 29 cm | |
Le Circuit | |
Date of creation : 1931 Medium : Sculpture, wood Size : 4 x 48 x 47 cm | |
Boule suspendue | |
Date of creation : 1930/31 Medium : Sculpture, wood Materials : metal-wood Size : 61 x 37 x 34 cm | |
La boule suspendue | |
Date of creation : 1930 Medium : Object Materials : iron-wood Size : 60 x 37 x 34 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2008
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam, Netherlands
10/18/2008 – 02/08/2009
2006
Skulpturen, Öbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Grafiken
J & P Fine Art – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
06/08/2006 – 07/14/2008
2003
Fondation Pierre Gianadda – Martigny, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 11/19/2003
2002
Alberto Giacometti, les oeuvres de la maturité
Fondation de l’Hermitage – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
02/01/2002 – 05/12/2002
2001
Retrospective
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
10/11/2001 – 01/08/2002
Cent ans Alberto Giacometti
Kunsthaus Zürich – Munich, Germany
2001
Le dessin à l’oeuvre. Dessins de Giacometti
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
01/24/2001 – 04/09/2001
2000
Fondation Maeght – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
10/15/2000 – 01/15/2001
L’homme qui marche
Jardins du Palais Royal – Paris, France
03/20/2000 – 06/18/2000
1986
Le retour à la figuration
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1986
1929
Galerie Marcel Bernheim – Paris, France
1929
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Jeanne Bucher – 53 rue de Seine – Paris, France
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Jeanne Bucher – 53 rue de Seine – Paris, France
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : C & M Arts – 45 East 78th Street – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Nathalie Seroussi – 34 Rue de Seine – Paris, France
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Beyeler – Bäumleingasse 9 – Basel BS, Switzerland
St’art – Foire d’art contemporain de Strasbourg, n°7
Parc des expositions du Wacken – Strasbourg, France
01/31/2003 – 02/03/2003
Represented by : Frank Pages Art Gallery – Kreuzstrasse – Baden-Baden, Germany
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Darga & Lansberg Galerie – 36 Rue de Seine – Paris, France
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : C & M Arts – 45 East 78th Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie – 29-31 Grand-Rue – Geneva GE, Switzerland
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galleria d’Arte Contini – San Marco 2765 – Venice VE, Italy
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Acquavella Galleries Inc. – 18 Esat 79th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Innsbruck, n° 5
Innsbruck, Austria
03/08/2001 – 03/11/2001
Represented by : Galerie Oberweger – Montjolastrasse 22 – Schruns, Austria
Arte Fiera – Mostra Mercato d’Arte contemporanea
Quartiere Fieristico – Bologna BO, Italy
01/25/2001 – 01/29/2001
Represented by : Contini – Via Ferro 11 – Mestre VE, Italy
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Maeght – 42 Rue du Bac – Paris, France
2000
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Salamon – L’ArteModerna – Via San Quintino, 4 – Turin TO, Italy
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Maxwell Davidson Gallery – 41 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Salamon – L’ArteModerna – Via San Quintino, 4 – Turin TO, Italy
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galería Elvira González – General Castanos, 3 – Madrid, Spain
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Arnold Herstand – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
Group exhibitions
2004
De l’écriture à la peinture
Fondation Maeght – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
2004 – 11/14/2004
Henri Cartier-Bresson et Alberto Giacometti
Kunsthaus – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
09/17/2004 – 11/28/2004
Contre-images
Carré d’Art – Musée d’art contemporain – Nîmes, France
06/03/2004 – 09/26/2004
2003
Paris 1945 bis 1965 – Metropole der Kunst. Malerei, Plastik, Graphik, Photographie
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz – Linz, Austria
12/11/2003 – 04/12/2004
Sept Lieux – Sept Matières
Hôtel du Département, Centre d’Art Présence Van Gogh, Château de l’Empéri, Galerie du Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, Musée de l’Arles Antique – Marseille, France
10/17/2003 – 01/15/2004
Le Corps Transformé
Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada – National Gallery of Canada – Shawinigan, Canada
06/15/2003 – 10/05/2003
Options Sculpture
Carré d’Art – Musée d’art contemporain – Nîmes, France
05/06/2003 – 08/31/2003
2002
André Malraux et la Modernité
Musée de la vie romantique – Paris, France
01/2002 – 03/24/2002
Les Contrées du Silence
Musée Ingres – Montauban, France
2002
Surrealismus
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) – Düsseldorf, Germany
07/20/2002 – 11/24/2002
La Révolution Surréaliste
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
03/06/2002 – 06/24/2002
2001
Herbert Matter, Giacometti : A Collaboration
Staley + Wise Gallery – New York NY, United States
2001
1999
Georges Pompidou et la modernité
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume – Paris, France
02/23/1999 – 04/18/1999
1998
Szenenwechsel / Change of Scene XIV
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
06/19/1998 – 01/03/1999
1997
Hommages : hommes illustres, héros et hommes du commun
Espace Culturel François Mitterand – Périgueux, France
1997
Hommages : hommes illustres, héros et hommes du commun
Musée de Picardie – Amiens, France
1997
A Century of Sculpture: The Nasher Collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
02/07/1997 – 06/01/1997
Masterworks from the Florene May Schoenborn Bequest
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
02/06/1997 – 03/11/1997
Made in France 1947-1997, 50 ans de création en France
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
01/30/1997 – 09/29/1997
1996
From Bauhaus to Pop: Masterworks Given by Philip Johnson
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1996
1995
Campo – 46° Biennale di Venezia
Ca’Giustinian San Marco 1316 – Venice VE, Italy
06/11/1995 – 10/15/1995
1964
Documenta III
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Alte Galerie – Kassel, Germany
06/27/1964 – 10/05/1964
1959
Picasso, Giacometti, Matisse, Clathworth & Arp
Hanover Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1959
Documenta II – Kunst nach 1945
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Schloss Bellevue – Kassel, Germany
07/11/1959 – 10/11/1959
Bibliography (Selected)
By the artist
Monographies
1993
Je ne sais ce que je vois qu’en travaillant
Publisher: L’Echoppe – Paris, France
1993
ISBN : 2840680254
On the artist
Monographies
2002
Alberto Giacometti
Publisher: Franklin Watts – New York NY, United States
Author: Gaff Jackie
09/2002
ISBN : 0749646284
1995
L’Atelier d’Alberto Giacometti
Publisher: L’Arbalète – Paris, France
Author: Genet Jean
1995
ISBN : 2902375131
Periodicals
2002
Alberto Giacometti
in: Guide Sourcebook to the U.S. Art World – Art in America n° 8 p. 27
New York NY, United States
2001-2002
2001
Alberto Giacometti. Die Retrospektive im Kunsthaus
in: Kunst-Bulletin p. 58
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
07/2001-08/2001
Giacometti : La rétrospective – Beaux Arts Magazine
Author: Collectif
05/2001
ISBN : 2842783735