Albert Gleizes

Albert Gleizes
Albert Gleizes
	Albert Gleizes, c. 1920
Born	Albert Léon Gleizes; 8 December 1881; Paris, France
Died	23 June 1953 (aged 71); Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
Known for	Painting, writing
Notable work	Le Chemin, Paysage à Meudon (1911); Harvest Threshing (1912); Les Baigneuses (1912); Les Joueurs de football (1912–13); Man in a Hammock (1913); Portrait of an Army Doctor (1914–15); Woman with Black Glove (1920);
Movement	Cubism, Abstract art, Abstraction-Création
Spouse	Juliette Roche (m. 1915⁠–⁠1953)

Albert Gleizes (8 December 1881 – 23 June 1953) was a French painter. He was one of the founders of cubism and a major influence in the School of Paris.

Gleizes and fellow painter Jean Metzinger were the authors of the first important book on cubism, named in French Du "Cubisme" (Of "Cubism") (1912).