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Max Jacob ( French: [maks ʒakɔb]; 12 July 1876 – 5 March 1944) was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic. Pablo Picasso, 1921, Three Musicians, oil on canvas, 200.7 × 222.9 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest; the figure on the right (holding the sheet music) represents Max Jacob.
Oct 20, 2020 · The French poet Max Jacob, photographed by Carl Van Vechten in 1934. A marginal figure three times over — gay, ethnically Jewish and hailing from the provinces — Jacob dined at the same table...
Poet, artist, and critic Max Jacob was born in Quimper, Brittany, France. In 1897, he moved to the Montmartre district of Paris, where he shared a room with Pablo Picasso and immersed himself in the bohemian arts community. Jacob supported his artistic endeavors by working at a number of odd jobs…
Oct 21, 2020 · October 21, 2020 at 12:02 p.m. EDT. Who was Max Jacob? That’s the question poet and University of Chicago professor Rosanna Warren circles around in this detailed, nearly 600-page biography, a...
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Max Jacob (born July 12, 1876, Quimper, Fr.—died March 5, 1944, Drancy) was a French poet who played a decisive role in the new directions of modern poetry during the early part of the 20th century. His writing was the product of a complex amalgam of Jewish, Breton, Parisian, and Roman Catholic elements.
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Oct 14, 2020 · A biography of Max Jacob, a French poet and painter who converted to Catholicism and died in a Nazi camp in 1944. Learn about his friendship with Picasso, his mystical vision, his letters to save his sister, and his last days in Saint-Benoît.
View all 6 artworks. Max Jacob lived in the XIX – XX cent., a remarkable figure of French-Jewish Expressionism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
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