Albert Gleizes, New York Cubist (opens in new tab)

Discharged from the army for medical reasons and too depressed to stay in Paris, Cubist painter Albert Gleizes left for New York City in 1915. He painted this sweet little portrait of the city as a fragmented skyscraper. The NY Historical [Society], which is expecting its real estate developer owner to give the painting as &#8230; <a href=" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Albert Gleizes, New York Cubist"</span></a>