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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.
Max Jacob. 1876–1944. 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.
Max Jacob 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.
Dec 31, 2008 · Max Jacob (1876-1944) was a French poet and artist whose circle of friends included Guillaume Apollinaire, Jean Cocteau, and Pablo Picasso. Born Jewish, he later converted to Catholicism. Jacob died of pneumonia in an internment camp. These poems are from his book Le cornet dés (1914).
On 24 February 1944, Max Jacob was arrested and taken to the prison in Orléans. He was transferred to the Drancy camp on 28 February and died there of pneumonia on 5 March. He was buried at the Ivry cemetery, then his body was moved to Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire on 5 March 1949.
Oct 21, 2020 · Who was Max Jacob? A poet, friend of Picasso and, a new biography shows, a man who defied easy labels
Max Jacob (French: [maks ʒakɔb]; 12 July 1876 – 5 March 1944) was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic.
