  albert gleizes (8 december 1881 â 23 june 1953), was a french artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of cubism and an influence on the school of paris. albert gleizes and jean metzinger wrote the first major treatise on cubism, du "cubisme", 1912. gleizes was a founding member of the section d'or group of artists. he was also a member of der sturm, and his many theoretical writings were originally most appreciated in germany, where especially at the bauhaus his ideas were given thoughtful consideration. gleizes spent four crucial years in new york, and played an important role in making america aware of modern art. he was a member of the society of independent artists, founder of the ernest-renan association, and both a founder and participant in the abbaye de crÃ©teil.daniel robbins, 1964, albert gleizes 1881 â 1953, a retrospective exhibition, published by the solomon r. guggenheim foundation, new york, in collaboration with musÃ©e national d'art moderne, paris, museum am ostwall, dortmund. gleizes exhibited regularly at lÃ©once rosenbergâs galerie de lâeffort moderne in paris; he was also a founder, organizer and director of abstraction-crÃ©ation. from the mid-1920s to the late 1930s much of his energy went into writing (e.g., la peinture et ses lois (paris, 1923), vers une conscience plastique: la forme et lâhistoire (paris, 1932) and homocentrisme (sablons, 1937).museum of modern art, new york, moma, albert gleizes, daniel robbins, grove art online, 2009 oxford university press ==early life==  [[file:albert gleizes, 1910, femme aux phlox, oil on canvas, 81 x 100 cm, exhibited armory show, new york, 1913, the museum of fine arts, houston..jpg|thumb|250px|albert gleizes, 1910, [[la femme aux p
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