Portrait of an Army Doctor

"Portrait of an Army Doctor" is a Cubist painting by French artist Albert Gleizes created between 1914 and 1915. Cubism, a style pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, breaks down objects into fragmented forms, presenting multiple viewpoints simultaneously. Gleizes, a key figure in promoting Cubism, was commissioned to paint this portrait by a Dr. Lambert. However, the doctor was reportedly disappointed with the highly abstract nature of the final work, which is characteristic of Gleizes's Cubist style, and only accepted a smaller study.123