Albert Gleizes

Albert Gleizes was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a selfproclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on Cubism, Du Cubisme, 1912. Gleizes was a founding member of the Section dOr group of artists. He was also a member of Der Sturm, and his many theoretical writings were originally most appreciated in Germany, where especially at the Bauhaus his ideas were given thoughtful consideration. Gleizes spent four crucial years in New York, and played an important role in making America aware of modern art. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists, founder of the ErnestRenan Association, and both a founder and participant in the Abbaye de Crteil. Gleizes exhibited regularly at Lonce Rosenbergs Galerie de lEffort Moderne in Paris he was also a founder, organizer and director of AbstractionCration. From the mid1920s to the late 1930s much of his energy went into writing, e.g., La P

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