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GIACOMETTI Alberto
(1901-1966)
"The past suddenly appears, all art, and time becomes space."
Alberto GIACOMETTI, a few dates

1901 born in Borgonovo (Switzerland) on October 10th 1901
1922 settles in Paris and goes to the Academy of the Grande Chaumière at Montparnasse (influence of cubism)
meets later André Breton and joins surrealism
1929 the Jeanne Bucher gallery exhibits his works
meets Jean Cocteau and André Masson
1934 is expelled by the surrealist group because he practiced portrait
period of doubt and loneliness, he destroys many works
1951 the Maeght gallery exhibits his works
1966 died in Coire (Switzerland) on January 11 1966