Beschrijving

Giovanni Ulrico Giacometti was a Swiss painter. He was the father of artists Alberto and Diego Giacometti, and architect Bruno Giacometti.
He was the fourth in a family of eight children. His father, Alberto, was a baker who also ran a café. The painter, Augusto Giacometti, was his cousin. He received his primary education in Chur. It was there he developed an interest in art from observing the sculptures at the Bianchi marble works.