Augusto giacometti biography
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Augusto Giacometti
Swiss painter
August Giacometti | |
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Augusto Giacometti, self-portrait, c. 1947 | |
| Born | (1877-08-16)16 August 1877 Stampa, Grigioni, Switzerland |
| Died | 9 June 1947(1947-06-09) (aged 69) |
| Known for | Painter |
| Movement | Art Nouveau, Symbolism |
Augusto Giacometti (16 August 1877 – 9 June 1947) was a Swisspainter from Stampa, Graubünden, cousin of Giovanni Giacometti who was the father of Alberto, Diego and Bruno Giacometti.
He was prominent as a painter in the Art Nouveau and Symbolism movements, one of the first abstract painters, for his work in stained glass, as a proponent of murals and a designer of popular posters.
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He finished (among others) stained glass windows in both of the most important churches of Zürich, Grossmünster and Fraumünster, as well as the inner decoration of the so-called Waisenhaus Zürich.
From 1909 to 1913 Augusto Giacometti was a great inspiration for Czech-born sculptor Helen Zelezny-Scholz.
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