Alberto Giacometti

Lived 1901-1966

Swiss Painter, Draftsman, Printmaker and Sculptor

Lived and worked in Paris

Cubist and Surrealist

Assignment

Answer the following questions in Google Classroom.

  1. Go online and find Giacometti's most famous art work?

  2. What is Cubism?

  3. What is Surrealism?

  4. Who did Giacometti use as models?

  5. What do you think the following quote means, "evoke emotional intensity of the void"?

  6. Tell me something you see in as a characteristic of his paintings.