Giacometti

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Swiss sculptor and painter known for his bronze sculptures of elongated figures (1901-1966)

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It isn't necessary to make things large to make them monumental; a head by Giacometti one inch high would be able to vitalize this whole space. Hans Hofmann

Im sick of the foodies who need every morsel that goes into their mouth to be a Picasso painting, a Giacometti sculpture, a Proust novel, evoking the world with each crumb. Jessi Klein

Although Alberto Giacometti is primarily thought of as an intense Surrealist sculptor, he made intense expressionist paintings as well. Source: Internet

Giacometti was a key player in the Surrealist art movement, but his work resists easy categorization. Source: Internet

Between 1936 and 1940, Giacometti concentrated his sculpting on the human head, focusing on the sitter's gaze. Source: Internet

Giacometti said that the final result represented the sensation he felt when he looked at a woman. Source: Internet

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