Paysage [Landscape]
About this artwork
Metzinger was a traditional artist in the sense that he painted primarily landscapes, still life and figure compositions. He experimented with painting in a cubist style but always retained a strong naturalistic element. This painting was made when Metzinger was returning to a more naturalistic style and shedding the cubist planes and geometric patterning from his work. This poetic landscape is formed from flat planes of luminous colour, like a collage. The lyrical use of colour is typical of the artist's work of this period.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Jean Metzinger (1883 - 1956) French
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title:Paysage [Landscape]
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date created:About 1921
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:60.00 x 81.30 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1970
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accession number:GMA 1111
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Jean Metzinger
Jean Metzinger
French artist and writer Jean Metzinger was born in Nantes, where he studied, before moving to Paris in 1903. Metzinger painted in a fauvist style early in his career, before adopting the geometric patterning and angular planes of Cubism around 1910 to 1912. Metzinger was one of the first artists...