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L'Oiseau Bleu (painting)
''The Blue Bird'' (French: ''L'Oiseau bleu'') is an oil painting created in 1912–1913 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger. ''L'Oiseau bleu'', one of Metzinger's most recognizable and frequently referenced works, was first exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Indépendants in the spring of 1913 (cat. no. 2087), several months after the publication of the first (and only) Cubist manifesto, '' Du "Cubisme"'', written by Jean Metzinger and Albert Gleizes (1912). It was subsequently exhibited at the 1913 Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon in Berlin (titled ''Der blaue Vogel'', cat. no. 287).Herwarth Walden, ''Erster deutscher Herbstsalon'', Berlin 1913 No. 287, p. 25 Apollinaire described ''L'Oiseau bleu'' as a 'very brilliant painting' and 'his most important work to date'. ''L'Oise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Metzinger
Jean Dominique Antony Metzinger (; 24 June 1883 – 3 November 1956) was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with Albert Gleizes wrote the first theoretical work on Cubism. His earliest works, from 1900 to 1904, were influenced by the neo-Impressionism of Georges Seurat and Henri-Edmond Cross. Between 1904 and 1907 Metzinger worked in the Divisionist and Fauvist styles with a strong Paul Cézanne, Cézannian component, leading to some of the first Proto-Cubism, proto-Cubist works. From 1908 Metzinger experimented with the faceting of form, a style that would soon become known as Cubism. His early involvement in Cubism saw him both as an influential artist and an important theorist of the movement. The idea of moving around an object in order to see it from different view-points is treated, for the first time, in Metzinger's ''Note sur la Peinture'', published in 1910.Jean Metzinger, October–November 1910, "Note sur la peinture" Pan: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
