Giacometti, a biography (edition 1985)

by James Lord

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
100	2	271,313	(4.17)	1
The definitive biography of a fascinating and enigmatic figure Alberto Giacometti is one of the best-known artists of the twentieth century. Born in a Swiss village, he moved to pre-war Paris and went on to play a leading role in the art world, alongside characters such as Picasso, Balthus, Samuel Beckett and Sartre. His passionate and strange life reflects the genius of his works - his gaunt and haunting sculptures and his unsettling paintings. As someone who was personally acquainted with Giacometti and his peers, and who has consolidated his personal knowledge with extensive research, James Lord is uniquely qualified to write Giacometti's biography.… (more)

▾Book information

Member:	carptrash
Title:	Giacometti, a biography
Authors:	James Lord
Info:	New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1985.
Collections:	Your library
Rating:
Tags:	Giacometti, sculpture, sculptor, biography, modern, abstract

Work Information

Giacometti: A Biography by James Lord

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

bookmountain, prengel90, woodmanfoundation, hauntedhouse, gerhardstromberg, langtree

▾Tags

Alberto Giacometti (4) art (14) art history (5) Art History: Biography - Memoir (1) artist biography (2) artists (3) BANF BNF (1) bio (2) biography (22) biography. modern art. giacometti. (1) Borgonovo (1) Box 302 (1) Carriage House (1) Creative Lives (1) E rs6 (1) France (2) Giacometti (7) James Lord (1) Jean Genet (1) Jean-Paul Sartre (1) KBi7 (1) Menorah A (1) modern art (3) non-fiction (4) NUR641 (1) painting (3) QFD (1) sculpture (8) Swiss artist (1) Venice Biennale (1)

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Member recommendations

00
In Giacometti's Studio by Michael Peppiatt (JuliaMaria)

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 1 mention

▾Member reviews

date ▼ | votes

Showing 2 of 2

Stunning portrait of the artist. Paean to the "unfinished" and the difficulty of ever completing a piece of art to satisfaction. Especially moving to reconsider as I struggle with letting go of the page proofs for my forthcoming memoir Love Junkie -- my last chance to alter the text. Profound and stirring biography that spans the inspired, perverse, focused and restless life of one of the great artists of all time imo. (

)

lovejunkie | Aug 1, 2008 |

Great biography about a beautiful sculptor & artist. An intriguing and complicated life story told by a close friend in pre-war Paris. An artists life in Paris, it doesn't get any better. (

)

rosemeria | Apr 8, 2008 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 2 of 2

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors

▾Series and work relationships

▾Awards and Honors

Awards

National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist – Biography/Autobiography – 1985)

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

Information from the German Common Knowledge. Edit to localize it to your language.

Alberto Giacometti: Die Biographie

Original title

Giacometti - A Biography

Alternative titles

Original publication date

People/Characters

Alberto Giacometti

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Quotations

Last words

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (2)

Influences on Francis Bacon

The Palace at 4 a.m.

▾Book descriptions

The definitive biography of a fascinating and enigmatic figure Alberto Giacometti is one of the best-known artists of the twentieth century. Born in a Swiss village, he moved to pre-war Paris and went on to play a leading role in the art world, alongside characters such as Picasso, Balthus, Samuel Beckett and Sartre. His passionate and strange life reflects the genius of his works - his gaunt and haunting sculptures and his unsettling paintings. As someone who was personally acquainted with Giacometti and his peers, and who has consolidated his personal knowledge with extensive research, James Lord is uniquely qualified to write Giacometti's biography.

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary