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Giovanni Giacometti BIOGRAPHY
1868 Stampa, Switzerland - 1933 Waadt, Switzerland. Known for: Late impressionist painting, drawing.
Giovanni Giacometti was born in Stampa, the Grisans on March 7th, 1868. Encouraged by his teacher, the young Giacometti entered on the artistic career and moved to Munich in 1886 to attend the school... Read full biography
Giovanni Giacometti was born in Stampa, the Grisans on March 7th, 1868. Encouraged by his teacher, the young Giacometti entered on the artistic career and moved to Munich in 1886 to attend the school of arts and crafts. There Giacometti met Cuno Amiet, who became his close friend and with whom he... Read full biography
Giovanni Giacometti was born in Stampa, the Grisans on March 7th, 1868. Encouraged by his teacher, the young Giacometti entered on the artistic career and moved to Munich in 1886 to attend the school of arts and crafts. There Giacometti met Cuno Amiet, who became his close friend and with whom he studied the works of the French Impressionists. Supported by his parents, Giacometti moved along with Amiet to Paris in 1888. He went to the spring Salon, where he was deeply impressed by some... Read full biography
Giovanni Giacometti was born in Stampa, the Grisans on March 7th, 1868. Encouraged by his teacher, the young Giacometti entered on the artistic career and moved to Munich in 1886 to attend the school of arts and crafts. There Giacometti met Cuno Amiet, who became his close friend and with whom he studied the works of the French Impressionists. Supported by his parents, Giacometti moved along with Amiet to Paris in 1888. He went to the spring Salon, where he was deeply impressed by some paintings. There, Giacometti met for the first time the works of Gianni Segantini, whom he got to know in person later on. Running short of money, Giacometti was forced to return to Stampa in 1891: a period of loneliness and lack of inspiration. However, the... Read full biography
Giovanni Giacometti was born in Stampa, the Grisans on March 7th, 1868. Encouraged by his teacher, the young Giacometti entered on the artistic career and moved to Munich in 1886 to attend the school of arts and crafts. There Giacometti met Cuno Amiet, who became his close friend and with whom he studied the works of the French Impressionists. Supported by his parents, Giacometti moved along with Amiet to Paris in 1888. He went to the spring Salon, where he was deeply impressed by some paintings. There, Giacometti met for the first time the works of Gianni Segantini, whom he got to know in person later on. Running short of money, Giacometti was forced to return to Stampa in 1891: a period of loneliness and lack of inspiration. However, the exhibition of his first works in the "Nationale Kunstausstellung" in Bern and the commission for a portrait... Read full biography
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Giovanni Giacometti was born in Stampa, the Grisans on March 7th, 1868. Encouraged by his teacher, the young Giacometti entered on the artistic career and moved to Munich in 1886 to attend the school of arts and crafts. There Giacometti met Cuno Amiet, who became his close friend and with whom he studied the works of the French Impressionists. Supported by his parents, Giacometti moved along with Amiet to Paris in 1888. He went to the spring Salon, where he was deeply impressed by some paintings.
There, Giacometti met for the first time the works of Gianni Segantini, whom he got to know in person later on. Running short of money, Giacometti was forced to return to Stampa in 1891: a period of loneliness a...But wait, there's more...
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