Biography
Alberto Dzhacometti is an artist, sculptor and author of engraving. Painter spent most of his life in Paris. He is a representative of cubism, avant-garde and surrealism, which developed at the beginning of the 20th century.Childhood and youth
Alberto was born on October 10, 1901 in the Swiss welfare of Stampa in the family of the artist-Impressionist Giovanni Dzhacometti. He was elder of four children and loved painting from the young age. In the first works, Alberto often genuated his father's manner.
The education of the young man received in the school of art and crafts, as well as at the School of Fine Arts in Geneva. In the 1920s, he visited Biennale in Venice in the company of Jacometti-Elder. Traveling in Italy and acquaintance with the works of great authors made a deep impression on Alberto.
In 1922, the artist with the brother Diego moved to Paris. Alexander Ariphenko, who introduced Alberto with the role of emptiness and forms in sculpture became the first mentor of the author. Three years of Dzhacometti took the lessons from Antoine Burdela, and also brought acquaintance with Pablo Picasso, Louis Aragon, Andre Breton and other art leaders. Drinking by cubism and surrealism, he explored the dynamics and departed from painting.
Personal life
Alberto was not picking up in romantic connections. He often became a guest of the brothels, and the simulator turned out to be mistresses of the artist. In 1946, from the inevitability and at the request of the mother, he married Annette Arv. The girl fell in love with the artist, moved from Switzerland to France, but never was able to find a response in his heart.The couple did not have children. After the sculptor gained glory, feelings for a woman who became his support, did not wake up. Invented in his personal life was a lover named Caroline, about the connection with whom he knew the spouse. On the mortal Audas, Alberto called to himself.
Creation
In 1925, the author found inspiration in African culture. Alberto studied the traditions of Africa and Oceania, bringing new features to his own style, working out unique sculptures. So in the 1926th, a "female spoon" appeared, which was based on a spoon who participated in the African ceremony and personified a womb whims. Jacketti worked on prefabricated structures moving in space. These include the "time of traces". The figures and sketches of the author became independent engravings, consonant with its sculptures. They are made in black and gray tones without using bright colors.
In 1927, an exhibition of works by the artist took place in the Tuilery salon. Works were devoted to the study of a person. In 1932, a personal exhibition was held, marking the completion of the surrealistic period in a creative biography.
The occupation of France before the start of the war made Alberto go to Switzerland, where he stayed until the completion of bloody operations. During this time, the author created a lot of large-scale work on which he was inspired by the horrors of what was happening in real life. Painting during this period has become the main occupation. In the sculpture of Jacometty, the characteristics of the volume and space investigated. A bright example of experiments is the "pointing person."
In 1945, the sculptor returned to Paris. Jean Reviews Wife and Jean-Field Sartra brought Alberto popularity. Jacketti felt the spirit of change and described in the works of a modern person. They exuded the energy of an existentialist artist and carried a deep meaning. The master was constantly completed and improved creation, not noticing the finish stage, making sculptures deliberately miniature and sophisticated.
The worldwide recognition of the sculptor received in 1962 in the Venetian Biennale, but it did not stop him in the alteration and refinement of his own projects. In 1965, an exhibition of works by Alberto Dzhacometti was held in New York in the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Death
In 1963, Jacometty got to the hospital, where he was removed three-quarters of the stomach. Ignoring the recommendations of the doctors, the artist continued to drink and smoke. Pain in the stomach and lungs led him to the Swiss hospital in Kura in 1966. Alberto's health was in a terrible state. January 12, 1966 he died. The cause of death was a malignant tumor.Today, the works of the author are exhibited in different museums of the world, the sculpture "the walking person" is depicted on a banknote in 100 Swiss francs together with the portrait of Alberto Dzhacometti. The descendants can make an impression of the appearance of the sculptor due to the preserved photo, and the films "Eternal contemplation" are told about his life and work, "Alberto Dzhacometti - eyes to the horizon", "the last portrait".
In 2003, Jacometti Heritage Foundation was opened.
Paintings
- 1921 - "Self-portrait"
- 1944 - "Portrait of Madame D."
- 1947 - "Man Crossing Square"
- 1949 - "A man who goes under the rain"
- 1949 - "Interior of the Studio"
- 1954 - "Diego in the Scotch Shirt"
- 1960 - "Stepming Man"
- 1960 - "Nude with flowers"
- 1964 - "Portrait of James Lord"
- 1965 - "Carolina"
Sculpture
- 1926 - "Woman Spoon"
- 1927 - "Man and woman"
- 1930 - "Cell"
- 1931 - "Haped Ball"
- 1932 - "Woman with a cut throat"
- 1933 - "Surreal Table"
- 1934 - "Invisible Object"
- 1951 - "Dog"
- 1954 - "Big Diego Head"
- 1960 - "Stepming Man"