Nu à la cheminée of Albert Gleizes) at the time. The work has not been seen in public since, and its current location is unknown. Jean Metzinger, judging from an interview with Gelett Burgess in "Architectural Record", appears to have abandoned his Divisionist style in favor of the "faceting of form" associated with analytic Cubism around 1908 or early 1909. A resident of Montmartre, Metzinger frequented the Bateau Lavoir at this time and exhibited with Georges Braque at the Berthe Weill gallery. By 1910, the robust form of early analytic Cubism of Picasso ("Girl with a Mandolin, Fanny Tellier", 1910), Braque ("Violin and Candlestick",
20th-century Western painting for that spiritual knowledge. Other major pioneers of early abstraction include Swedish painter Hilma af Klint, Russian painter Kazimir Malevich, and Swiss painter Paul Klee. Robert Delaunay was a French artist who is associated with Orphism, (reminiscent of a link between pure abstraction and cubism). His later works were more abstract, reminiscent of Paul Klee. His key contributions to abstract painting refer to his bold use of color, and a clear love of experimentation of both depth and tone. At the invitation of Kandinsky, Delaunay and his wife the artist Sonia Delaunay, joined The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter), a