'''Jean Metzinger''' (1888-1968) was a French [[painter]], theorist, writer and [[poet]].
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'''Jean Metzinger''' (1888-1968) was a French [[painter]], theorist, writer and [[poet]]. As a [[Cubism|cubist]] painter, Metzinger exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, and at the Salon d'Automne. In 1912 Metzinger and Albert Gleizes wrote "Du Cubisme", a treatise on Cubism.
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In Paris he met [[Robert Delaunay]], [[Guillaume Apollinaire]], [[Georges Braque]] and [[Pablo Picasso]]. In 1910 Metzinger exhibited for the first time at the Salon des Indépendants. [http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artists/bios/1000]
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Metzinger continued to exhibit with Albert Gleizes, and [[Fernand Leger]] from 1911 to 1916.
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Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire, 1910.
Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire, 1910.
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File:Metzinger Two Nudes in an Exotic Landscape 1905 1906.jpg|Two Nudes in an Exotic Landscape, 1905-1906.
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File:Metzinger The Blue Bird 1912 1913.jpg|The Blue Bird, 1912-1913.