This is an incomplete list of works by the French modern artist

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 1 ...

(June 24, 1883 – November 3, 1956). He is admired as a painter, theorist, writer, critic, and poet. Between 1902 and 1907, Metzinger worked in a combination of

Neo-Impressionist Neo-Impressionism is a term coined by French art critic Félix Fénéon in 1886 to describe an art movement founded by Georges Seurat. Seurat's most renowned masterpiece, '' A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'', marked the beginn ...

, Divisionist and

Fauvist Fauvism /ˈfoʊvɪzm̩/ is the style of ''les Fauves'' (French for "the wild beasts"), a group of early 20th-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational or realistic values retai ...

styles. A Cézannian component in his work during this phase produced some of the earliest proto-Cubist works. In the words of S.E. Johnson, an in-depth analysis of Metzinger's Pre-Cubist period—his first artistic peak—"can only class that painter, in spite of his youth, as being already one of the leading artistic personalities in that period directly preceding Cubism. ..In an attempt to understand the importance of Jean Metzinger in Modern Art, we could limit ourselves to three considerations. Firstly, there is the often overlooked importance of Metzinger's Divisionist Period of 1900–1908. Secondly, there is the role of Metzinger in the founding of the Cubist School. Thirdly, there is the consideration of Metzinger's whole Cubist Period from 1909 to 1930. In taking into account these various factors, we can understand why Metzinger must be included among that small group of artists who have taken a part in the shaping of Art History in the first half of the Twentieth Century."S. E. Johnson, 1964, Metzinger, Pre-Cubist and Cubist Works, 1900-1930, International Galleries, Chicago From 1908, Metzinger experimented with the faceting of form, a style that would soon become known as Cubism. His involvement in Cubism saw him both as an influential artist and principal theorist of the movement.Joann Moser, ''Jean Metzinger in Retrospect, Pre-Cubist works, 1904–1909'', The University of Iowa Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Trust, University of Washington Press, 1985, pp. 34–42 Daniel Robbins, Jean Metzinger: At the Center of Cubism, 1985, Jean Metzinger in Retrospect, The University of Iowa Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Trust, University of Washington Press, pp. 9–23

Metzinger, a sensitive and intelligent theoretician of Cubism, sought to communicate the principles of this movement through his paintings as well as his writings.

Many exhibitions document the painter's national and international success.Art Directory
/ref> His works can be found in private and public collections and institutions around the world. The artist died in Paris on November 3, 1956.

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was a highly prolific painter. He was also a published writer and theorist, not only on the topic of Cubism (for which he was the first with ''Note sur la peinture'', 1910), but on the arts in general, on other artists, such as

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, Georges Braque,

Albert Gleizes Albert Gleizes (; 8 December 1881 – 23 June 1953) was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on ...

and

Alexandre Mercereau Alexandre Mercereau (22 October 1884, in Paris – 1945) was a French symbolist poet and critic associated with Unanimism and the Abbaye de Créteil. He founded the Villa Médicis Libre, which helped impoverished artists and operated as charitable ...

. His writings are infused with references to science, mathematics, philosophy, politics, and culture. He was also a published poet. He left behind a number of personal letters and journal entries. The following incomplete list contains some of his important published works. * ''Note sur la peinture'', Pan (Paris), October–November 1910 * ''Cubisme et tradition'', Paris Journal, 16 August 1911 * ''Alexandre Mercereau'', Vers et prose 27 (October–November 1911): 122-129 * ''Du "Cubisme"'', written with Albert Gleizes, Edition Figuière, Paris, 1912 (First English edition: ''Cubism'', Unwin, London, 1913) * ''Art et esthétique'', Lettres Parisiennes, suppl. 9 (April 1920): 6-7 * ''Réponse à notre enquête - Où va la peinture moderne?'', written with Fernand Léger, Bulletin de l'Effort moderne, February 1924, 5-6 * ''L'Evolution du coloris'', Bulletin de l'Effort moderne, Paris, 1925 * ''Enquête du bulletin'', Bulletin de l'Effort moderne, October 1925, 14-15 * ''Metzinger, Chabaud, Chagall, Gruber et André Mouchard répondent à l'enquête des Beaux-Arts sur le métric'', Beaux-Arts, 2 October 1936, 1 * ''Un souper chez G. Apollinaire'', Apollinaire, Paris, 1946 * ''Ecluses'', Preface par Henri Charpentier, Paris: G.L. Arlaud, 1947 * ''1912-1946'', Afterword to reprint of Du "Cubisme" by A. Gleizes and J. Metzinger, pp. 75–79, Paris, Compagnie française des Arts Graphiques, 1947 * ''Le Cubisme apporta à Gleizes le moyen d'écrire l'espace'', Arts spectacles, no. 418, 3–9, July 1953 * ''Structures de peinture, Structure de l'esprit, Hommage à Albert Gleizes'', with essays, statements and fragments of works by Gleizes, Metzinger, André Beaudin, Gino Severini, et al., Lyons, Atelier de la Rose, 1954 * ''Suzanne Phocas'', Paris, Galerie de l'Institut, February 1955 * ''Le Cubisme était né'', Souvenirs, Chambéry, Editions Présence, 1972

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