Ernst ScheideggerExternal link was born in Rorschach, canton St Gallen, in 1923 and studied photography at Zurich University of the Arts. He made a name for himself as a travel and portrait photographer.
According to the Centro GiacomettiExternal link in Stampa, canton Graubünden, “This was where Scheidegger met Alberto Giacometti, and he often spent his holidays in our valley.”
Scheidegger worked as a picture editor for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper and designed book series for various publishers. Independently, he also produced some two dozen documentaries for Swiss television. For many years he ran a gallery in Zurich, where he also painted.
In 2011, the Federal Office of Culture awarded him the “Grand Prix Design”. Scheidegger received the Golden Medal of Honour from canton Zurich in 2013.
Here is a gallery showing his portrayal of Alberto Giacometti:
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Alberto Giacometti, his sculptures and his studio
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The photographs appear in the second edition of the renowned book Alberto Giacometti – Spuren einer Freundschaft (Alberto Giacometti – Traces of a Friendship). The images were taken in the places where the sculptor lived and worked: in Bergell and Paris. They are personal, intimate glimpses of the artist, as well as documenting his sculptures…
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Giacometti sculpture breaks world record
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“L’homme au doigt” (Pointing man), a 1947 sculpture by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), has set a world record for a sculpture. The bronze figure sold for $141.3 million (CHF132 million) in New York on Monday night. This was in line with the pre-sale estimate of about $130 million. Auction house Christie’s did not reveal…
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Some 130,000 Chinese flocked to see Giacometti through the eyes, or more correctly through the camera lens, of his great friend Ernst Scheidegger. Housed in a museum next to Tiananmen Square, the exhibition – entitled “Two arts on a jade stone” – comprised 36 photographs of the artist and his sculptures. “These photographs tell nothing…
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