EASY BUT NOT THE REAL THING - for me
Gianni gave me a book a few weeks ago «L’Homme de l’Art» on the life of D-H Kahnweiler (1884-1979). He was without any doubt one of the most important art dealers of his period and also the most ardent protagonist of the cubists. I like the way he calls the artists he represented. «His artists» To name a few, Picasso, Braque, Gris, Leger, de Vlaminck, Derain, Masson....it would not surprise anyone knowing my tastes a little that I find it difficult to put the book down. One particular chapter on Gleizes and Metzinger caught my eye as there is an exhibition on of their work in Paris at the moment. Their cubist paintings were criticized by Kahnweiler and the REAL cubists themselves. Picasso and Braque. Copyists, and certainly considered to be esthetically pretty without the sophistication of THE cubists. Gleizes and Metzinger came from very different backgrounds. Gleizes is a self-taught artist. Metzinger studied art and was introduced into this world thanks to Max Jacob and Apollina