Louise Augustine Gleizes (born 21 August 1861), known as Augustine or A, was a very famous woman in the late 19th century, due to neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot publicly exhibiting her symptoms as a hysteria patient while she was held at the Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris.
Who is Albert Gleizes?
Albert Gleizes (French: [glɛz]; 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.
Where did the Gleize family live in Paris?
For nearly a year, Gleizes along with other painters, poets, musicians and writers, gathered to create. A lack of income forced them to give up their cherished Abbaye de Créteil in early 1908 and Gleizes moved to 7 rue du Delta near Montmartre, Paris, with artists Amedeo Modigliani, Henri Doucet [ fr], Maurice Drouart and Geo Printemps.
How did Gleizes contribute to the Cubism movement?
From 1910 onwards, Albert Gleizes was directly involved with Cubism, both as an artist and a principal theorist of the movement. Gleizes’ evolvement in Cubism saw him exhibit at the twenty-sixth Salon des Indépendants in 1910.
