experiences". He was celebrated for his elongated figures that followed his break from the

surrealists. But, who was Alberto Giacometti?

Alberto Giacometti was born in 1901 in the Italian speaking town Borgonova,

Switzerland. Being the son of Giovanni Giacometti, an impressionist painter, he was encouraged

in art at an early age. Giacometti had great confidence in his drafting ability at the age of 10, and

at 14 he began sculpting. When he turned twenty, he moved to Paris to continue his studies but

Back home, Alberto Giacometti studied with the famous sculpture Bourdelle. With him he

drew and sculpted with models. Though, in 1925 he gave up working with live models and in a

few years he had begun to achieved a measure of fame.

In the late 20s, Giacometti was invited by Andre Breton to join the Surrealists. Surrealism

is an artistic and literary movement that explored and celebrated the realm of dreams and the

unconscious mind through the creation of motion pictures, poetry, and in this case, visual art.

Many surrealists rejected the artistic conventions of the past, while seeking to preserve their be

Toward the end of his life, Giacometti had come to the conclusion that he did not need to

traditions. They sought to demonstrate, as Breton said, "that no limits can be set to human

forward motion are characteristics in "Walking Woman" that were quite visible in the last twenty

Like the most of the surrealists of his time, Giacometti's art was guided by the aim of

In 1933, Giacometti's random way of putting together volumes and his equally

leave it. Giacometti demanded that he found truth in his work. Alberto Giacometti's artwork

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