1. 1901-1966
Artist/Sculptor
Swiss born artist/sculptor was born into an artistic family. He has been linked with
existentialism and surrealism movements.
Giacometti’s most famous sculptures are the spindly disturbingly elongated figures that
he began to produce during the 1940s. The disturbing scenes of the German death
camps inspired these figures.
Typically, Giacometti’s female figures are shown in a stationary pose and the male
figures in a motion.
Surrealism: An art movement with dreamlike images

2. Existentialism: (Man is nothing else but that which he makes of himself). That is the first
principle of existentialism. (J.P. Sartre)