Giovanni Giacometti
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Giovanni Giacometti | |
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 Self-portrait (1909/10) | |
| Born | 7 March 1868 |
| Died | 25 June 1933 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Known for | Painting, drawing |
| Movement | Impressionism |
Giovanni Ulrico Giacometti (7 March 1868 – 25 June 1933) was a Swiss painter. He was the father of artists Alberto and Diego Giacometti and architect Bruno Giacometti.
Biography
He was the fourth in a family of eight children. His father, Alberto, was a baker who also ran a café. The painter Augusto Giacometti was his cousin. He received his primary education in Chur. It was there he developed an interest in art from observing the sculptures at the Bianchi marble works.
From 1886 to 1887, he studied at the
Joseph Nicolas Robert-Fleury at the Académie Julian
until 1891, when financial difficulties forced him to return home.
In a short time, he began to feel isolated there and, in the summer of 1893, went to Rome, but found little inspiration. After a brief stay in
Divisionist style. In 1898, he achieved his first major success at the Kunsthaus Zürich in a joint exhibition with his friend, Amiet, and Ferdinand Hodler.[1]
In 1899, Segantini died suddenly, of
Bergell. They spent their summers in Maloja
where his friend, Segantini, had lived. He was kept busy there with numerous commissions for paintings and book illustrations.
In 1908, he received an invitation from
Symbolist and Art Nouveau
styles along the way.
Selected paintings
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Still-life with Sculpture -
Bread -
Flowery Valley -
In the Tavern -
Portrait of his daughter, Ottilia
References
- ^ a b Hans Goltz
- ^ "Giacometti, Giovanni". SIKART Lexicon on art in Switzerland.
Further reading
- Dieter Schwarz, Paul Müller, Viola Radlach: "Giovanni Giacometti 1868–1933", Œuvrekataloge Schweizer Künstler, in 3 volumes
- Christine E. Stauffer: Giovanni Giacometti. Das graphische Werk. Verlag Kornfeld, Bern 1997. ISBN 978-3-85773-035-1
- Giovanni Giacometti (1868–1933). Arbeiten auf Papier. Exhibition catalog, with text by Ulrich Gerster, Christoph Vögele and Beate Stutzer. ISBN 978-3-936636-94-9
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Giovanni Giacometti.
- "Giovanni Giacometti". SIKART Lexicon on art in Switzerland.
- Giovanni Giacometti in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Publications by and about Giovanni Giacometti in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Giovanni Giacometti in the German National Library catalogue
- "Giovanni Giacometti – ein Vorbild für Avantgarde-Kunstler" by Anna Quirin, Deutschlandfunk, 11 March 2018
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