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Metzinger, Jean
Metzinger, Jean (1883–1956). French painter (mainly of still-life, landscapes, and figure compositions) and writer on art. He was born in Nantes, where he studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, and moved to Paris after three of his paintings sold well at the Salon des Indépendants in 1903. After passing through Neo-Impressionist and Fauvist phases, he became one of the earliest devotees of Cubism and a central figure of the Section d'Or group. He was undistinguished as a painter and is remembered mainly as the coauthor with Gleizes of the book Du Cubisme (1912), the first book to be published on the movement. In the year in which the book appeared, Metzinger painted a portrait of Gleizes (Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence). In the 1920s he turned from Cubism to a more naturalistic style, but from about 1940 he made a partial return to his earlier manner.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Metzinger, Jean." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Metzinger, Jean." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-MetzingerJean.html IAN CHILVERS. "Metzinger, Jean." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-MetzingerJean.html |
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Metzinger, Jean
Metzinger, Jean (b Nantes, 24 June 1883; d Paris, 3 Nov. 1956). French painter and writer on art. After passing through Neo-Impressionist and Fauvist phases he became one of the earliest devotees of Cubism and a central figure of the Section d'Or group. However, he is remembered less for his paintings than as the co-author with Gleizes of Du Cubisme (1912), the first book to be published on the movement.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Metzinger, Jean." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Metzinger, Jean." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-MetzingerJean.html IAN CHILVERS. "Metzinger, Jean." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-MetzingerJean.html |
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Metzinger, Jean
Metzinger, Jean (1883–1956). French painter and writer on art. After passing through Neo-Impressionist and Fauvist phases he became one of the earliest devotees of Cubism and a central figure of the Section d'Or group. However, he is remembered less for his paintings than as the co-author with Gleizes of Du Cubisme (1912), the first book to be published on the movement.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Metzinger, Jean." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Metzinger, Jean." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-MetzingerJean.html IAN CHILVERS. "Metzinger, Jean." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-MetzingerJean.html |
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Jean Metzinger
Jean Metzinger , 1883–1956, French painter and writer. With Gleizes he wrote Du cubisme (1912, tr. 1913), which presented the philosophical basis of the cubist aesthetic. In his paintings he employed cubist faceting and a stylized, richly detailed manner that was never wholly abstract. The Dancer (Albright-Knox Art Gall., Buffalo, N.Y.) is characteristic. |
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"Jean Metzinger." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Jean Metzinger." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Metzinge.html "Jean Metzinger." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Metzinge.html |
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