Proto-Cubism the "cubes" of Braque's L'Estaque paintings) were considered the first Cubist painting by Gertrude Stein. It is generally recognized, however, that the first Cubist exhibition transpired in 1911. Jean Metzinger, judging from the Burgess interview, appears to have abandoned his Divisionist style in favor of the "faceting of form" associated with analytic Cubism around 1908 or early 1909. Metzinger frequented the Bateau Lavoir at this time and exhibited with 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", 1910) and Metzinger
Georges Stein as male, some gallery websites describe Stein as a female painter. Georges Stein Georges Stein was a late 19th and early 20th century French painter, best known for scenes of Parisian street life. Sources conflict about Stein's dates of birth and death. The Benezit Dictionary of Artists gives the year of birth as "c. 1870". The auction house "Christie's", among others, gives the dates 1855–1930, and the French National Library the dates 1870–1955. Moreover, the journal "L'Éventail" of 15 January 1918 mentions "the painter Georges Stein who recently died at Geneva". There is also some confusion as to the gender