Alberto GiacomettiSvizzera, 1901–1966City Square
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, Stati Uniti
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- 337.1949
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Nel frattempo, nella vita di Alberto Giacometti
Tutta la vita1940s
The war: refuge in Switzerland
He spent the years of the Second World War in Switzerland, living in Geneva.
1946
Meets Annette Arm
In Switzerland in 1946 Giacometti met Annette Arm, a secretary for the Red Cross; they married on 19 July 1949.
1949
Married: Annette Giacometti
c. 1949
After the wedding the figures grow, yet grow thinner
After his marriage his tiny sculptures became larger, but the larger they grew, the thinner they became; for the rest of his life Annette was his main female model. His paintings changed in parallel: continually reworked, the figures appear isolated and severely attenuated.
