Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Jean Cocteau
Image View:
Detail, abstracted face and figure
Creator:
Albert Gleizes (French painter, 1881-1953)
Location:
repository: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, Madrid, Spain) DO02765
Location Note:
52 Santa Isabel Street
GPS:
40.408889-3.694444
Date:
1916 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Cubist; Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint and plaster on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
116 cm (height) x 79.5 cm (width)
Subjects:
abstraction; portrait
Description:
Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on Cubism, Du "Cubisme", 1912. With the outbreak of World War I, Albert Gleizes re-enlisted in the French army. He was put in charge of organizing entertainment for the troops and as a result was approached by Jean Cocteau to design the set and costumes for the William Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, along with Georges Valmier. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-RIVERA-MRS-JC-A0 12
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Jean Cocteau