Why it matters
Gleizes painted his commanding officer, the regimental surgeon Major Lambert, while serving at the fortress of Toul during the First World War. Its circular rhythms and intersecting planes announce the start of the second, synthetic phase of Cubism.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1914–1915.
- At least eight preparatory sketches, gouaches and watercolours survive.
- It is one of Gleizes's only major oil paintings of the period.
Based on the Wikipedia article Portrait of an Army Doctor (CC BY-SA 4.0).
