Augusto Giacometti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAugusto Giacometti
Swiss artist (1877-1947)
Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1877
Place of Birth: Stampa, Graubünden, Switzerland
Date of Death: 09-Jun-1947
Profession: painter
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Augusto Giacometti
- Augusto Giacometti (16 August 1877 – 9 June 1947) was a Swiss painter from Stampa, Graubünden, cousin of Giovanni Giacometti who was the father of Alberto, Diego and Bruno Giacometti.
- He was a prominent as a painter in the Art Nouveau and Symbolism movements, for his work in stained glass, as a proponent of murals and a designer of popular posters. 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. A two-day hiking trail connects most of the locations of the family in Val Bregaglia.
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