Inspired by Alberto Giacometti

Sculpture, Grand totem - l'esprit du feu, Raâk

Grand totem - l'esprit du feu

Raâk

Sculpture - 55 x 17 x 14 cm

$791

Sculpture, Wonder, Mehnoush Modonpour

Wonder

Mehnoush Modonpour

Sculpture - 50 x 48 x 48 cm

$4,178

Sculpture, Ignorance #1, Mehnoush Modonpour

Ignorance #1

Mehnoush Modonpour

Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 24 cm

$1,468

Sculpture, Muse série 4, Philippe Olive

Muse série 4

Philippe Olive

Sculpture - 29 x 11 x 22 cm

$1,807

Sculpture, Cavaliers, Didier Fournier

Cavaliers

Didier Fournier

Sculpture - 37 x 36 x 7 cm

$2,259

Painting, Alberto Giacometti, Joanna Glazer

Alberto Giacometti

Joanna Glazer

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm

$1,118

Sculpture, Don Quichotte, Thierry Dehais

Don Quichotte

Thierry Dehais

Sculpture - 44 x 70 x 18 cm

$1,581

Photography, Java Jazz XXIV, Sven Pfrommer

Java Jazz XXIV

Sven Pfrommer

Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$1,920

Photography, URBAN BLUR IV, Sven Pfrommer

URBAN BLUR IV

Sven Pfrommer

Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$1,909

Sculpture, Sans rame, Seyhan Hanotte

Sans rame

Seyhan Hanotte

Sculpture - 22 x 46 x 20 cm

$1,355

Sculpture, Le temps des cerises 2/8, Alberto Ascaso

Le temps des cerises 2/8

Alberto Ascaso

Sculpture - 52 x 21 x 12 cm

$6,211

Sculpture, Le Golfeur, Ivan Kulinski

Le Golfeur

Ivan Kulinski

Sculpture - 33 x 10 x 10 cm

$3,049

Sculpture, Totem, Raâk

Totem

Raâk

Sculpture - 55 x 16 cm

$1,016

Sculpture, Family II, Nando Kallweit

Family II

Nando Kallweit

Sculpture - 30 x 11 x 8 cm

$1,807

Sculpture, Maternitat I, Teresa Riba

Maternitat I

Teresa Riba

Sculpture - 22 x 17 x 13 cm

$2,033

Sculpture, Eileen III, Nando Kallweit

Eileen III

Nando Kallweit

Sculpture - 132.5 x 20 x 20 cm

$4,609

Sculpture, Endavant, Teresa Riba

Endavant

Teresa Riba

Sculpture - 45 x 17 x 26 cm

$4,404

Sculpture, Jazz 3, Thierry Dehais

Jazz 3

Thierry Dehais

Sculpture - 23 x 18 x 10 cm

$1,242

Sculpture, Torso existencial 3/8, Alberto Ascaso

Torso existencial 3/8

Alberto Ascaso

Sculpture - 45 x 10 x 10 cm

$3,275

Sculpture, Una historia de amor 1/8, Alberto Ascaso

Una historia de amor 1/8

Alberto Ascaso

Sculpture - 87 x 27 x 10 cm

$11,858

Sculpture, Vooruitgang, Rietje Geurts

Vooruitgang

Rietje Geurts

Sculpture - 98 x 6 x 3 cm

$10,333

Sculpture, Dance V, Jesus Curia

Dance V

Jesus Curia

Sculpture - 150 x 59 x 25 cm

$9,260

Sculpture, Fight, Jesus Curia

Fight

Jesus Curia

Sculpture - 160 x 50 x 40 cm

$9,260

Sculpture, Juste une question d'amour, Pierre Mouzat

Juste une question d'amour

Pierre Mouzat

Sculpture - 59 x 35 x 22 cm

$18,633

Sculpture, Le violoniste, Pierre Mouzat

Le violoniste

Pierre Mouzat

Sculpture - 60 x 30 x 30 cm

$8,470

Sculpture, Firmaman, Isabelle Healy

Firmaman

Isabelle Healy

Sculpture - 51 x 8 x 7 cm

$2,372

Sculpture, Simulacrum, Ohad Ben-Ayala

Simulacrum

Ohad Ben-Ayala

Sculpture - 24 x 10 x 7 cm

$2,654

Sculpture, Icare, Prag

Icare

Prag

Sculpture - 28.5 x 34.5 x 12 cm

$1,242

Inspired by Alberto Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti is one of the most important artists of the 20th century and his sculptures of thin, solitary figures are easily recognizable. Even though he is best known for his work as a sculptor, he was also a painter and draftsman. Let's have a look back at his varied and successful career.

Giacometti was born in 1901 in Switzerland. He began his studies at the school of Fine Arts in Geneva. In the 1920s he left Switzerland to settle in Paris and join the studio of the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Montparnasse. The young artist made many important artistic artistic discoveries in the French city. He was particularly fascinated by Cubism, African art and ancient sculpture. He created  important surrealist work with a series of dream inspired plaster sculptures. Giacometti exhibited alongside Joan Miro and Jean Arp and officially joined the surrealist group in 1931. This lasted only four years. Giacometti, still in search of his artistic identity, abandoned surrealism and the themes of death and uncertainty in order to create more figurative work with a series of heads.

It was from 1947 onwards that Giacometti began to truly define his own original style that would go on to be so instantly recognizable. He sculpts bronze figures with thin, elongated limbs, often placed in cages or on pedestals. These bodies reduced to their very core might be seen as evoking lone trees in winter that have lost their foliage. Giacometti's sculptures represent a very individualistic and isolated worldview. In 1948, Giacometti met the art dealer Pierre Matisse, the grandson of Henri Matisse, and the two men enjoy a very fruitful and productive working relationship. Matisse organizes the artist's first solo exhibition in New York.

For most of the rest of his career, Giacometti then tended to focus on only three themes: the walking man, the naked standing woman and busts. His sculptures seem to be primarily figurative, but for Giacometti emotion played a huge role in his creative process. His works represented his models as he thought they should be seen.

Towards the end of his life, Giacometti's genius was recognised through numerous awards: the Carnegie Prize in 1961, the sculpture prize at the Venice Biennale in 1962, the Guggenheim Prize in 1964 and in 1965 the International Prize for the Arts in France. Today Giacometti's works are known throughout the world and have been exhibited in the most prestigious museums: the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, the Pompidou Center, the Tate Modern, the MoMA in New York among others.

Given his brilliant career and creativity, it is not surprising that the Giacometti continues to influence today's artists. Explore our selection of works by emerging and renowned contemporary artists and painters who have drawn inspiration from Giacometti's artwork.

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