jean metzinger

born in Nantes, 1883, and also where he spent his entire youth. he enjoyed a thorough education and attended painting classes taught by the artist Hypollite Touront, a well known portrait painter of his time. Metzinger was interested in the current changes in painting and loved the neo-impressionist look, the abandonment of shading and mixing colors. he continued to use Neo-impressionism but managed to develop a mosaic like color in his painting. 1905-1908 was hes first artist peak where he was noticed for his impressive artwork.

this is an example of neo-impressionism. Metzingers works in 1909 was finally heading towards analytical cubism but was rejected by the critics. 1920's was his most successful years.