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THE GIACOMETTI FAMILY AT THE MAEGHT FOUNDATION IN SAINT-PAUL DE VENCE
Until November 14
furniture and decorative elements for the Foundation ’ s café ( benches , lamps and lampposts , door handles , etc .).
Alberto Giacometti is universally known as one of the most prominent modern artists . The Maeght Foundation owns an important collection of his creations , including two versions of his masterpiece ‘ The Walking Man ’. This summer the whole Giacometti family is in the spotlight . The coming exhibition is featuring his father , brothers and his father ’ s cousin ... artists all of them .
Brought together for the first time in France , the Giacometti family is introducing us to five artists with different , but intertwined backgrounds . The exhibition particularly evokes an intimate relationship with their native village , Stampa , in the Graubünden canton , Switzerland . For the history of modern art , this is now a very important venue .
Major sculptures and drawings by Alberto Giacometti , owned by Maeght , are complemented by a set of paintings , films , archive photographs and various objects ...
Giovanni the father , a talented colourist painted landscapes of the Stampa Valley , bathed in a vibrant light .
The younger brother Diego worked closely with his illustrious elder . He distinguished himself by his bronze work , creating the
The youngest brother , Bruno , was known as one of the most famous Swiss architects of the postwar period . Among other works , in 1952 he created the Swiss pavilion for the Venice Biennale . His style , close to the principles of the Bauhaus , displays a simple modernism , emphasizing functionality .
And finally Giovanni ’ s cousin Augusto was a pioneer of painting . Open to avant-garde movements , he created ‘ chromatic fantasies ’ paving the way for abstract compositions .
Five first names thus reveal one and the same prestigious family saga .
Maeght Foundation 623 , Chemin des Gardettes , Saint-Paul de Vence + 33 ( 0 ) 4 9332 8163
© Stadtarchiv & Kläui Bibliothek Uster , Gemeindearchiv , Neubau Gemeindehaus , C . V . 10
Bruno Giacometti , Model of Uster city hall , 1961
Augusto Giacometti . Landscape ( Tree ), 1912 , Photo Peter Schätchli , Zürich
© ADAGP , Paris 2021
Diego Giacometti , Dressing table and stool ( circa 1960 ), bronze and marble Collection Adrien Maeght , Saint-Paul de Vence
© Koller Auktionen , Zürich
© Succession Giacometti ( Fondation Giacometti , Paris et ADAGP , Paris ) 2021
Giovanni Giacometti , On the Lakeshore , 1921 Alberto Giacometti , A White House , 1958
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