B
eyond the
« isms »
T
he «moderns» turned him down…
…B
ut he was driven to a front-ranking position
H
e also knew how to handle the pen
A
mysterious I-don’t-know-what
C
onsecrated cubism
A
European artistic culture
C
osmopolitan
A
n orphan at 14
A
hope of Swedish classic painting
W
ounded in the Great War he becomes deaf and a misanthropist
R
eality and dream, from impressionism to cubism
A
superb blue ballerina
T
wo brothers die at the front
T
he friends of Montparnasse
H
e slams the door at the City Hall…
…B
ut regains the favours of the critics
T
he French belief in moderation