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Born in Quimper, Brittany, France, he enrolled in the Paris Colonial School, which he left in 1897 for an artistic career. On Boulevard Voltaire, he shared a room with Pablo Picasso, who introduced him to Guillaume Apollinaire, who in turn introduced him to Georges Braque. He would become close friends with Jean CocteauJean Maurice Eugene Clement Cocteau ( July 5, 1889 October 11, 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, and filmmaker. He was born at Maisons-Laffitte, France, a small town near Paris. His versatility, unconventionality, and enormous output and Amedeo ModiglianiAmedeo Clemente Modigliani ( July 12, 1884 January 24, 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor. He was born in Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, the fourth child of the Jewish family of Flaminio Modigliani and his French-born wife, Eugenie Garsin and was raised, who painted his portrait in 19161916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. Impressionist Monet paints Water Lilies'. January 8 Allied forces withdraw from.

In the 1915 photograph seen here is (left to right): Manuel Ortiz de ZárateManuel Ortiz de Zarate born October 9, 1887 died October 28, 1946, was a Chilean painter. Born Manuel Revuelta Ortiz de Zarate in Como, Italy, he was the son of Chilean composer Eleodoro Ortiz de Zarate. He was four years old when the family moved back to, Henri-Pierre RochéHenri-Pierre Roch born May 28, 1879 died April 9, 1959, was a French writer. Born in Paris, France, Henri-Pierre Roche was a respected journalist as well as an art collector and dealer. At the turn of the 20th century, he became close friends with a numbe (in uniform), Marie VassilieffMariya Ivanovna Vassilieva , ( February 12, 1884 May 14, 1957), better known as Marie Vassilieff was a Russian painter. She was born in Smolensk, Russia to a prosperous family who encouraged her to study medicine. However, her natural instincts were for t, Max Jacob and Pablo Picasso.

Jacob, who had jewThe word Jew is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to either a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or a member of the Jewish culture or ethnicity. This article discusses the term as describing an ethnic group; for aish origins, claimed to have had a vision of Christ in 1909, and converted to Catholicism. But, despite his hopes, his new religion could not rid him of his homosexual longings, about which he once said, "If heaven witnesses my regrets, heaven will pardon me for the pleasures which it knows are involuntary." Notorious for his heaving drinking, Jacob said he joined the artistic community in Montparnasse to "sin disgracefully." In 1915, he arrived drunk at the funeral of Picasso's lover, Eva Gödel, and attempted to seduce the driver of the hearse.

Max Jacob is regarded as an important link between the symbolists and the surrealists, as can be seen in his prose poems Le cornet à dés (Dice Box, 1917) and in his paintings, exhibitions of which were held in New York City in 1930 and 1938.

His writings include the novel Saint Matorel (1911), the verses Le laboratoire central (1921), and Le défense de Tartuffe (1919), which expounds his philosophical and religious attitudes.

Eventually he would be forced to move to Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire , Loiret, where he was hiding during the German occupation of World War II. Jewish by birth, Jacob’s brother was deported to Auschwitz and then his sister Mirthé-Léa and her husband were deported where they were murdered by the Nazis. On February 24, 1944 Max Jacob too was arrested by the Gestapo and put into Orléans prison. He was then transferred to a holding camp in Drancy for transport to a concentration camp in Germany. However, said to be suffering from bronchial pneumonia, Max Jacob died in the Drancy camp on March 5th.

First interred in Ivry, after the war ended in 1945 his remains were transferred to Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire cemetery.