Albert Gleizes - painting with Cubist Abstraction

Interesting cubist tempera painting on paper by Albert Gleizes (1881 - 1953), drawing 60 x 45 cm, with frame 77 x 60 cm.
A pioneering figure in the development of Cubism, Albert Gleizes is known for his dynamic explorations of spatial, temporal and volumetric relationships. While Picasso and Braques invented the Cubist style around 1907, it was Gleizes and the other “Salon Cubists” – so called for their influential public exhibitions – who popularized the movement. Gleizes' theoretical writings, promoting a singularly rigorous and uncompromising Cubism, were equally important in defining the philosophical and aesthetic priorities of one of the most crucial developments in modern art.