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G. Giacometti - Biography

• born : March 7, 1868 in Stampa / Switzerland

• died : 1933 in Glion small village in Switzerland

Early recognized his teacher of the young Giacometti great talent . They advised him to begin an artistic career .

In 1886 he attended the School of Applied Arts in Munich .

During his training Giovanni Giacometti , Cuno Amiet gets to know , from this sent a long friendship .

1888 draws Giacometti with him to Paris, where they were particularly impressed by the works of Giovanni Segantini .

1891 Giacometti returned to Stampa / Switzerland . According to the National Art Exhibition in Bern , he travels

There know Segantini 1894 to Rome and Naples and learns with him a close friend . Segantini Giacometti and want to finish a work of gigantic panorama of the Engadin in the Swiss Pavilion at the World Exhibition in Paris . However, financial difficulties prevented the project .

1900 married Giovanni Giacometti and lives and from this time in Borgonovo / Switzerland .

1901, the son of Alberto Giacometti was born as the first of four children . Giovanni Giacometti has now become his own style ..

1912 provides Giacometti with the artists of the " bridge " in Dresden . That same year, Giacometti celebrates his success with an exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zurich ,

1920 his works are exhibited in Bern , following other international solo exhibitions .

The last years spent in Giacometti Stampa .

Giovanni Giacometti is one of the Impressionist painters of the French and Italian art. He also made ??a significant contribution to the Swiss painting in the 20th century .

Overview G. Giacometti color lithographs