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The Schoolboy

The Schoolboy

Albert Gleizes

Albert Gleizes translated the innocuous figure of a schoolboy with his arms full of books into a jarring series of flat, intersecting planes. Angular shapes define the books and the boy’s elbow, and a few curves indicate his hands, head, and facial features. The painting exemplifies the aesthetic techniques of Cubism, which flourished in Europe throughout the 1910s and into the 1920s. In addition to painting in this style, Gleizes also wrote extensively about its underlying principles.
Artist/Maker
Albert Gleizes
(French, 1881 - 1953)
Title
The Schoolboy
Date
1924
Material & Process
Gouache or glue tempera on canvas
Dimensions
35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. Overall
Credit
Elvehjem Council 25th Anniversary Fund purchase
Inventory No.
1997.31
Classification
Paintings
Location
France

Related

Galerie de Varenne, Paris; J.W. Faulkner, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. John Strauss, Glencoe, Ill.; Richard Shapiro, Beverly Hills, Calif.; Sotheby’s, Beverly Hills, Calif. (in 1997; sold to the Chazen Museum of Art).

  • Buckley, Mollie. "University of Wisconsin Foundation 1997 Annual Report." Madison: UW Foundation, 1998.
  • Brüderlin, Markus, ed. "Frank Stella: The Retrospective Works 1958-2012." Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag and the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2012. p. 122, no. 42
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Biennial Report 1997-1999." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2000 p. 50

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