Max Jacob, by Modigliani, 1916
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.
Le pardon de Sainte-Anne
Jean Cocteau
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Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th century and h
Max Jacob
…painted in 1921). Jacob introduced him to Guillaume Apollinaire, who in turn introduced Picasso to Georges Braque. He would become close friends with Jean Cocteau, Jean Hugo, Christopher Wood and Amedeo Modigliani, who painted his portrait in 1916. He also befriended and encouraged the artist Romanin, otherwise…
Cocteau in 1923
Amedeo Modigliani, Jean Cocteau, 1916, Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection, on long-term loan to the Princeton University Art Museum
A portrait of Cocteau by Federico de Madrazo y Ochoa, c. 1910–1912
Érik Satie's Parade, ballet on a scenario by Cocteau