Jean Dominique Antony Metzinger (June 24, 1883 – November 3, 1956) was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with
Albert Gleizes, developed the theoretical foundations of
Cubism. His earliest works, from 1900 to 1904, were influenced by the
Neo-impressionism of
Georges Seurat and
Henri-Edmond Cross. Between 1904 and 1907 Metzinger worked in the
Divisionist and
Fauvist styles with a strong
Cézannian component, leading to some of the first
proto-Cubist works.