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A Short Biography of Alberto Giacometti

Author Name:

Alberto Giacometti

Born As:

Alberto Giacometti

Other Names:

Alberto Giacometti

Born:

10 Oct 1901

Died:

11 Jan 1966




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Sculptor, painter, draftsman, and printmaker                          
                          
Mother 
Father Giovanni Giacometti                          
His work is in numerous public collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Zurich, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. He created the monument on the grave of Gerda Taro at Père Lachaise Cemetery.[2]
In 2001 he was included in the Painting the Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900-2000 exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
In November 2000 Grande Femme Debout I by Giacometti sold for $14.3 million.[1]
Giacometti and his sculpture Three Men Walking appear on the current 100 Swiss Franc banknote.