Giacometti, Alberto

1901 – He was born this year in Borgonovo, now part of the Swiss municipality Stampa, near the Italian border.

1922 - He moved to Paris to study under the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, an associate of Auguste Rodin.

1935 – He concentrated his sculpting on the human head, focusing on the model's gaze, followed by a unique artistic phase in which his statues became stretched out; their limbs elongated.

1962 - He was awarded the grand prize for sculpture at the Venice Biennale, and the award brought with it worldwide celebrity.

1970 - Some of his most important images were in editions of only 30 and many were described as rare.

1965 - He traveled to the United States for an exhibition of his works at the New York Museum of Modern Art.

1966 – He died this year of heart disease and chronic bronchitis at the Kantonsspital in Chur, Switzerland.