# List of works by Jean Metzinger

This is an incomplete list of works by the French modern artist Jean Metzinger (June 24, 1883 – November 3, 1956). He is admired as a painter, theorist, writer, critic, and poet. Between 1902 and 1907, Metzinger worked in a combination of Neo-Impressionist, Divisionist and Fauvist styles. A Cézannian component in his work during this phase produced some of the earliest proto-Cubist works.
In the words of S.E. Johnson, an in-depth analysis of Metzinger's Pre-Cubist period—his first artistic peak—"can only class that painter, in spite of his youth, as being already one of the leading artistic personalities in that period directly preceding Cubism. [...] In an attempt to understand the importance of Jean Metzinger in Modern Art, we could limit ourselves to three considerations. Firstly, there is the often overlooked importance of Metzinger's Divisionist Period of 1900–1908. Secondly, there is the role of Metzinger in the founding of the Cubist School. Thirdly, there is the consideration of Metzinger's whole Cubist Period from 1909 to 1930. In taking into account these various factors, we can understand why Metzinger must be included among that small group of artists who have taken a part in the shaping of Art History in the first half of the Twentieth Century."
From 1908, Metzinger experimented with the faceting of form, a style that would soon become known as Cubism. His involvement in Cubism saw him both as an influential artist and principal theorist of the movement.
   Metzinger, a sensitive and intelligent theoretician of Cubism, sought to communicate the principles of this movement through his paintings as well as his writings.
Many exhibitions document the painter's national and international success. His works can be found in private and public collections and institutions around the world.
The artist died in Paris on November 3, 1956.

## Paintings

| Name | French name | Year | Technique | Dimensions | City | Gallery |
| Rose Flower in a Vase | Fleur rose dans un vase | 1902 | oil on canvas | 22 x 27 cm | Paris | Private collection |
| The Clearing | Clairière | c. 1903 | oil on canvas | 54 x 72.5 cm | | Private collection |
| Landscape | Paysage | 1904 | oil on canvas | 54 x 65.1 cm | Chapel Hill, NC | Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina |
| The Low Tide | La Marée Basse | c. 1904 | oil on canvas | 32.3 x 40.2 cm | | Private collection |
| | Le chemin a travers les champs | c. 1904 | oil on canvas | 39 × 46.5 cm | | Private collection |
| Landscape | Paysage | c. 1904 | oil on canvas | 65 × 92 cm | | Private collection |
| The Seashore | Bord de mer (Le Mur Rose) | 1904-05 | oil on canvas | 64.5 x 91.2 cm | Indianapolis | Indianapolis Museum of Art |
| | La Tour de Batz au coucher du soleil | 1904-05 | oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm | | |
| | Le Château de Clisson | 1904-05 | oil on canvas | 54.5 x 73.5 cm | Nantes | Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes |
| Landscape with Two Cypresses | Paysage au deux Cypres | 1904-05 | oil on canvas | 60.1 x 81.2 cm | | Private collection |
| | Paysage | 1904-05 | oil on canvas | 43 x 64 cm | | Private collection |
| | Femme assise au bouquet de feuillage | 1905 | oil on canvas | 65.5 x 54 cm | | Private collection |
| Still Life | Nature morte | 1905 | oil on canvas | 38 x 47 cm | | Private collection |
| Jeune Fille au Fauteuil | Femme nue au chignon assise | 1905 | oil on canvas | 91.8 x 73 cm. | New York | Private collection |
| Neo-Impressionist Landscape | Paysage Neo-Impressionniste | 1905 | oil on canvas | 41 x 33 cm | Troyes | Musée d'art moderne de Troyes |
| Nude in a landscape | Nu dans un paysage | 1905-06 | oil on canvas | 73 x 54 cm | | Private collection |
| Two Nudes in a Garden | Deux nus dans un jardin | 1905-06 | oil on canvas | 91.4 x 63.8 cm | Iowa City | University of Iowa Museum of Art |
| Two Nudes in an Exotic Landscape | Baigneuses: Deux nus dans un jardin exotique | 1905-06 | oil on canvas | 116 × 88.8 cm | Madrid | Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum |
| Basse-Normandy | | 1905-06 | oil on canvas | 88.4 x 128.4 cm | | Private collection |
| A Peacock | | 1906 | oil on canvas | 61 x 47.2 cm | | Private collection |
| Landscape | Coucher de Soleil No. 1 | c. 1906 | oil on canvas | 72.5 x 100 cm | Otterlo | Kröller-Müller Museum |
| The Dance | La danse (Bacchante) | c. 1906 | oil on canvas | 73 x 54 cm | Otterlo | Kröller-Müller Museum |
| Flamingos | | c. 1906 | oil on canvas | 32.5 x 40.3 cm | | Private collection |
| Parc Montsouris, Morning | Matin au Parc Montsouris | 1906 | oil on canvas | 49.9 x 67.7 cm | | Private collection |
| Nude | Nu | 1906 | oil on canvas | 47 x 63.5 cm | West Palm Beach | Norton Museum of Art |
| Landscape with a round tree | Paysage a l'arbre rond | c. 1906 | Oil on panel | 22 x 27.5 cm | | Köln Städtische Museen im Überblick |
| | Petit port, pêcheurs et bateaux au quai | 1906 | oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm | | Private collection |
| Portrait of Delaunay | Portrait de Delaunay | 1906 | oil on canvas | 54.9 x 43.2 cm | Houston, Texas | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
| Saint-Tropez | | 1906 | oil on canvas | 54.5 x 73 cm | | Private collection |
| Woman with a Hat | Femme au Chapeau | 1906 | oil on canvas | 44.8 x 36.8 cm | | Korban Art Foundation |
| Landscape with Fountain | | 1906-07 | oil on canvas | 53.3 x 73.6 cm | | Private collection |
| | Paysage pointilliste | 1906-07 | oil on canvas | 54.5 x 73 cm | | Private collection |
| Tropical Landscape | Paysage Tropical | 1906-07 | oil on canvas | 89.5 x 62.7 cm | | |
| Colored Landscape with Aquatic Birds | Paysage coloré aux oiseaux aquatiques | 1906-07 | oil on canvas | 74 x 99 cm | | Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris |
| | Les Ibis | 1907 | oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm | | Private collection |
| Bathers | Baigneuses | c. 1908 | oil on cardboard | 27 x 21.5 cm | | Location unknown |
| Landscape | Paysage | c. 1908-09 | | | Location unknown | Illustrated in Gelett Burgess, The Wild Men of Paris, The Architectural Record, 1910 |
| Nude | Nu à la cheminée (Nu) | 1910 | oil on canvas | | | Location unknown |
| Portrait of Apollinaire | Portrait d'Apollinaire | 1910 | oil on canvas | 55 x 46 cm | | Private collection |
| Two Nudes, Two Women | Deux nus | 1910-11 | oil on canvas | 92 x 66 cm | Gothenburg, Sweden | Gothenburg Museum of Art |
| Standing Nude | Nu debout | 1910-11 | oil on canvas | 51.7 x 35 cm | Montréal | Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal |
| Madame Metzinger | | c. 1911 | oil on canvas | 26.7 x 21 cm | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| Portrait of Madame Metzinger | | c. 1911 | Pencil and ink on paper | 22.6 x 15.7 cm | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
| | Dame au décolleté | c. 1911 | oil on canvas | 72.9 x 60 cm | New York | Private collection |
| Tea Time | Le Goûter | 1911 | oil on canvas | 75.9 x 70.2 cm | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| Study for Tea Time | Etude pour Le Goûter | 1911 | graphite and ink on paper | 19 x 15 cm | Paris | Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou |
| Still Life | Nature morte | 1911 | oil on canvas | 61 x 50 cm | | Private collection |
| Still Life | Nature morte (Compotier et cruche décorée de cerfs) | 1911-12 | oil on canvas | 93.5 by 66.5 cm | | Private collection |
| The Harbor | Le Port | 1911-12 | oil on canvas | | | Location unknown |
| Man with a Pipe (Portrait of an American Smoker) | | 1911-12 | oil on canvas | 92.7 x 65.4 cm | Appleton | Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin |
| Study for the portrait of Apollinaire | Etude pour le portrait de Guillaume Apollinaire | 1911 | graphite on paper | 48 x 31.2 cm | Paris | Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou |
| Woman with a horse | La Femme au Cheval | 1911-12 | oil on canvas | 162 x 130 cm | Copenhagen | Statens Museum for Kunst |
| Portrait | | 1912 | oil on canvas | 64.8 x 54 cm. | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Fogg Museum, Harvard University |
| Sailboats | Scène du port | c. 1912 | oil on canvas | 54 x 46 cm. | Ithaca | Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University |
| Landscape | | 1912–14? | oil on canvas | 73 x 92.1 cm | New York City | Museum of Modern Art |
| The Harbor | Le port | 1912 | oil on canvas | 85 x 100.3 cm | Dallas | Dallas Museum of Art |
| Dancer in a café | Danseuse au café | 1912 | oil on canvas | 146.1 x 114.3 cm | Buffalo, New York | Albright-Knox Art Gallery |
| Woman with a Fan | Femme à l'Éventail | 1912 | oil on canvas | 90.7 x 64.2 cm | New York | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum |
| Femme au chapeau rose et collier de perles | | 1912 | oil on canvas | 92 x 65 cm | | Private collection |
| La Plume Jaune | The Yellow Feather | 1912 | oil on canvas | 73 x 54 cm | | Private collection |
| Landscape | Marine, Composition Cubiste | 1912 | oil on canvas | 51.4 x 68.6 cm. | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Fogg Museum, Harvard University |
| At the Cycle-Race Track | Au Vélodrome (Le cycliste) | 1912 | oil on canvas | 130.4 x 97.1 cm | Venice | Peggy Guggenheim Collection |
| The Bathers | Les Baigneuses | 1912-13 | oil on canvas | 148.3 x 106.4 cm | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| The Blue Bird | L'Oiseau bleu | 1912-13 | oil on canvas | 230 x 196 cm | Paris | Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris |
| Man with Pipe | Le Fumeur | c.1912-13 | oil on canvas | 129.7 x 96.68 cm | Pittsburgh, PA | Carnegie Museum of Art |
| In the Canoe, The Boat (Im Boot) | En Canot (Femme au Canot et à l'Ombrelle) | 1913 | oil on canvas | 146 x 114 cm | | Missing, presumed destroyed |
| Woman with a Fan | Femme à l'Éventail | 1913 | oil on canvas | 92.7 x 65.7 cm | Chicago | Art Institute of Chicago |
| The Smoker | Le fumeur | 1914 | charcoal on paper | 56.1 x 45.2 cm | New York City | Museum of Modern Art |
| Soldier at a Game of Chess | Soldat jouant aux échecs (Le Soldat à la partie d'échecs) | 1914-15 | oil on canvas | 81.3 x 61 cm | Chicago | Smart Museum of Art |
| The Nurse | L'infirmière | 1915 | | | | |
| View through the Open Window | Paysage à la fenêtre ouverte | 1915 | oil on canvas | 73.3 x 54.5 cm | Nantes | Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes |
| Lady at her Dressing Table | Femme au miroir (Femme à sa toilette) | 1916 | oil on canvas | 92.4 x 65.1 cm | | Private collection |
| Woman with Lace | Femme à la dentelle | 1916 | oil on canvas | 65 x 54 cm | Paris | Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris |
| Fruit and a Jug on a Table | | 1916 | oil on canvas | 115.9 x 81 cm | Boston, Massachusetts | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Still Life with Lamp | | 1916 | oil on canvas | 81.2 x 60.5 cm | New York City | Museum of Modern Art |
| Landscape | Paysage | 1916-17 | oil on canvas | 59.2 x 73 cm | Chicago | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Still Life, Playing Cards, Coffee Cup and Apples | | 1917 | oil on canvas | 81 x 65 cm | | Private collection |
| Still Life with Fish | | 1917? | oil on canvas | 46 x 55 cm | Nantes | Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes |
| Still Life | Nature morte avec fruits et pitcher | 1917 | oil on canvas | 80 x 61 cm | Madrid | Fundación Telefónica |
| Table by a window | | 1917 | oil on canvas | 81 x 65.1 cm | New York City | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Still Life | Nature morte | 1918 | oil on canvas | 73 x 54.3 cm | Chicago | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Still Life with Box | Nature morte avec boîte | c.1918 | oil on canvas | 60 x 81 cm | New Orleans | New Orleans Museum of Art |
| | Femme face et profil (Femme au verre) | 1919 | oil on canvas | 65 x 50 cm | Paris | Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou |
| Seated Woman | | 1919 | Gouache and crayon on paper | 38 x 28.5 cm | Chicago | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Still life in an oval | Nature morte oval | 1919 | oil on canvas | 60 x 81 cm | Otterlo | Kröller-Müller Museum |
| Woman with a Coffee Pot | La Femme à la cafetière | 1919 | oil on canvas | 115.3 × 81 cm | London | Tate Gallery |
| Landscape | Paysage | 1919–1920 | oil on canvas | 81 x 65 cm | Paris | Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou |
| City Landscape | | 1919-20 | oil on canvas | 53.3 × 80.9 cm | Iowa City | University of Iowa Museum of Art |
| Still Life with a Jug and a Pipe | | 1919 | oil on canvas | 81 x 60 cm | Otterlo | Kröller-Müller Museum |
| Still Life with Apples | | 1919 | oil on canvas | 100 x 74 cm | Otterlo | Kröller-Müller Museum |
| The Knitter | La Tricoteuse | 1919 | oil on canvas | 116.5 x 81 cm | Paris | Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou |
| Still Life | Livre et pipe rouge | 1919 | oil on canvas | 79.5 x 62.5 cm | Madrid | Fundación Telefónica |
| Still life | Nature morte | 1919 | oil on canvas | 73.3 x 100 cm | Bilbao | Bilbao Fine Arts Museum |
| Still Life with a Tray | | 1920 | oil on canvas | 38.5 x 60.9 cm | Otterlo | Kröller-Müller Museum |
| Landscape | Paysage | c. 1921 | oil on canvas | 60 x 81.3 cm | Edinburgh | Scottish National Gallery |
| The Three Trees | | c. 1921 | oil on canvas | 54.3 cm x 73.3 cm | Ann Arbor | University of Michigan Museum of Art |
| Still Life | Nature morte | 1921 | oil on canvas | | Minneapolis | Minneapolis Institute of Arts |
| Embarkation of Harlequin | Arlequin | 1922-23 | oil on canvas | 162 x 112 cm | | Private collection |
| | Le Bal masque (Carnaval a Venise) | 1922 | oil on canvas | 60 x 81 cm | | location unknown |
| | Jeune Femme à la Mandoline | 1923(?) | oil on canvas | 100 x 73 cm | | Private collection |
| Clown with a banjo | Clown au banjo | 1924 | oil on canvas | 100 x 73.3 cm | | Private collection |
| Portrait of Léonce Rosenberg | Portrait de Léonce Rosenberg | 1924 | pencil on paper | 50 x 36.5 cm | Paris | Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou |
| Le Bal masqué, La Comédie Italienne | | 1924 | oil on canvas | 88.9 x 130.2 cm | | Private collection |
| Salome | | 1924 | oil on canvas | 92.2 x 64.8 cm | | Private collection |
| Young woman with a guitar | Femme à la guitare | 1924 | oil on canvas | 92 x 64.9 cm | Otterlo | Kröller-Müller Museum |
| | Equestrienne | 1924 | oil on canvas | 81 x 60 cm | Otterlo | Kröller-Müller Museum |
| Circus Equestrienne | | 1924 | oil on canvas | 162.2 x 114.3 cm | New York City | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Country Seat with Horsemen | | 1924 | oil on canvas | 60.5 x 81 cm | Otterlo | Kröller-Müller Museum |
| | Les Arlequins | 1925 | oil on canvas | 97.8 x 146 cm | | Private collection |
| Woman with pheasant | Pêches et faisan | 1926 | oil on canvas | | Otterlo | Kröller-Müller Museum |
| Still life with black vase | Nature morte | 1926 | oil on canvas | 60 x 80.5 cm) | Otterlo | Kröller-Müller Museum |
| | La Roulette | 1926 | oil on canvas | 97.8 x 146 cm | | Private collection |
| Still Life With Roulette Wheel | | 1926 | oil on canvas | 38.1 x 56 cm | Iowa City | University of Iowa Museum of Art |
| | Jeune fille à la partition | 1927 | oil on canvas | 92 x 73 cm | | Private collection |
| Still Life with a Green Head | Nature morte | 1927 | oil on canvas | 65 x 92 cm | Otterlo | Kröller-Müller Museum |
| | Composition allegorique | 1928-29 | oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm | Paris | Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris |
| | L'Isthme de Corinthe | 1928 | oil on canvas | 73 x 54 cm | | Private collection |
| Female Nude on board Ship | | 1928 | oil on canvas | 100 x 73 cm | Otterlo | Kröller-Müller Museum |
| Nautical Still Life | | 1930 | oil on canvas | 54.0 x 73.4 cm | Melbourne | National Gallery of Victoria |
| | Femme stylisée au masque | 1930 | oil on canvas | 91.8 x 65 cm | | Private collection |
| Globe and Banjo | | 1930 | oil on canvas | 56 x 92 cm | Chicago | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Female Juggler | Jongleuse | 1930–1935 | oil on canvas | 55 x 33 cm | Paris | Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris |
| The Mirror | Le Miroir | 1930–1935 | oil on canvas | 46 x 38 cm | Paris | Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris |
| Nude in the Sun | Nu au Soleil | 1935 | oil on canvas | 162 x 130 cm | Paris | Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris |
| | Nu aux hortensias | 1935 | oil on canvas | 130.5 x 89.5 cm | | Private collection |
| | Allegorie | 1935 | oil on canvas | 32 x 27 cm | Otterlo | Kröller-Müller Museum |
| The Bather, Nude | La Baigneuse, Nu | 1936-37 | oil on canvas | 130 x 89 cm | | Private collection |
| Yachting | | 1937 | oil on canvas | 116 x 80 cm | | Private collection |
| | La Rêveuse, Jeune femme assise dans une fauteuil | 1938 | oil on canvas | 65 x 54 cm | | Private collection |
| Reclining Figure | Nu Couché | 1946 | oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm | | Private collection |
| Reclining Nude | Nu allongé | 1945-50 | oil on canvas | 100 x 73 cm | | Private collection |
| The Green Dress | La robe verte | c. 1950 | oil on canvas | 160 x 96 cm | Paris | Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris |
| Bust of a Woman and Still Life | Buste de femme et nature morte | ? | oil on canvas | 81 x 60 cm | Troyes | Musée d'art moderne de Troyes |

## Published writings

Jean Metzinger was a highly prolific painter. He was also a published writer and theorist, not only on the topic of Cubism (for which he was the first with Note sur la peinture, 1910), but on the arts in general, on other artists, such as Henri Le Fauconnier, Robert Delaunay, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Albert Gleizes and Alexandre Mercereau. His writings are infused with references to science, mathematics, philosophy, politics, and culture. He was also a published poet. He left behind a number of personal letters and journal entries. The following incomplete list contains some of his important published works.
* Note sur la peinture, Pan (Paris), October–November 1910
* Cubisme et tradition, Paris Journal, 16 August 1911
* Alexandre Mercereau, Vers et prose 27 (October–November 1911): 122-129
* Du "Cubisme", written with Albert Gleizes, Edition Figuière, Paris, 1912 (First English edition: Cubism, Unwin, London, 1913)
* Art et esthétique, Lettres Parisiennes, suppl. 9 (April 1920): 6-7
* Réponse à notre enquête - Où va la peinture moderne?, written with Fernand Léger, Bulletin de l'Effort moderne, February 1924, 5-6
* L'Evolution du coloris, Bulletin de l'Effort moderne, Paris, 1925
* Enquête du bulletin, Bulletin de l'Effort moderne, October 1925, 14-15
* Metzinger, Chabaud, Chagall, Gruber et André Mouchard répondent à l'enquête des Beaux-Arts sur le métric, Beaux-Arts, 2 October 1936, 1
* Un souper chez G. Apollinaire, Apollinaire, Paris, 1946
* Ecluses, Preface par Henri Charpentier, Paris: G.L. Arlaud, 1947
* 1912-1946, Afterword to reprint of Du "Cubisme" by A. Gleizes and J. Metzinger, pp. 75–79, Paris, Compagnie française des Arts Graphiques, 1947
* Le Cubisme apporta à Gleizes le moyen d'écrire l'espace, Arts spectacles, no. 418, 3–9, July 1953
* Structures de peinture, Structure de l'esprit, Hommage à Albert Gleizes, with essays, statements and fragments of works by Gleizes, Metzinger, André Beaudin, Gino Severini, et al., Lyons, Atelier de la Rose, 1954
* Suzanne Phocas, Paris, Galerie de l'Institut, February 1955
* Le Cubisme était né, Souvenirs, Chambéry, Editions Présence, 1972