Cubism and World War I: Displacement, Transformation, and Return (1914–1920)

1. World War I halts the Cubist partnership

   Aug 1, 1914Labels: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Paris avant-garde

   • Mus e Picasso
   • Institut

2. Gleizes is conscripted, then leaves France

   Aug 1, 1914Labels: Albert Gleizes, New York

   • Britannica
   • Gleizes Bio

3. Kahnweiler’s Cubist stock is sequestered

   Dec 12, 1914Labels: Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, French authorities

   • Met Museum
   • Pompidou

4. Metzinger paints a soldier in Cubist form

   Mar 1, 1915Labels: Jean Metzinger

   • Smart Museum
   • Metzinger Work

5. Braque suffers a severe head wound

   May 11, 1915Labels: Georges Braque, Neuville-Saint-Vaast

   • New Yorker
   • Mus e Picasso

6. Léger’s front-line service reshapes his style

   Jan 1, 1916Labels: Fernand L, Argonne

   • L ger Bio
   • Mus e Picasso

7. Léger survives gas attack and convalesces

   Sep 1, 1916Labels: Fernand L, Verdun

   • L ger Bio

8. Braque returns to painting after demobilization

   Jan 1, 1917Labels: Georges Braque

   • Mus e Picasso
   • Institut

9. Léger paints The Card Players from convalescence

   Jan 1, 1917Labels: Fernand L, The Card

   • L ger Bio
   • La Partie

10. Picasso’s Cubist theatre work premieres

    May 18, 1917Labels: Pablo Picasso, Ballets Russes

    • Parade
    • Paris Opera

11. Rosenberg opens Galerie L’Effort Moderne

    Jan 1, 1918Labels: L once, Galerie L

    • Met Museum
    • Pompidou

12. Armistice ends major fighting in World War I

    Nov 11, 1918Labels: Armistice, Western Front

    • Britannica
    • HISTORY

13. Rosenberg’s 1919 exhibitions re-center Cubism

    Jan 1, 1919Labels: L once, Cubist exhibitions

    • Met Museum
    • Rosenberg

14. Treaty ratification closes the armistice era

    Jan 10, 1920Labels: Treaty of, postwar order

    • Armistice
    • Rosenberg