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GIACOMETTI Alberto
(1901-1966)
"The past suddenly appears, all art, and time becomes space."
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| Alberto GIACOMETTI, a few dates |
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| 1901 |
born in Borgonovo (Switzerland) on October 10th 1901 |
| 1922 |
settles in Paris and goes to the Academy of the Grande Chaumière at Montparnasse (influence of cubism)
meets later André Breton and joins surrealism |
| 1929 |
the Jeanne Bucher gallery exhibits his works
meets Jean Cocteau and André Masson |
| 1934 |
is expelled by the surrealist group because he practiced portrait
period of doubt and loneliness, he destroys many works |
| 1951 |
the Maeght gallery exhibits his works |
| 1966 |
died in Coire (Switzerland) on January 11 1966 |
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