Soldier at a Game of Chess was painted either before or during his mobilization. The military subject of this painting is possibly a self-portrait.ĭuring March 1915, Metzinger was called to serve the military, and was invalided out of service later that year. Rather than depicting such horrors, Metzinger chose to represent a poilu sitting at a game of chess, smoking a cigarette. While serving as a medical orderly during World War I in Sainte-Menehould, France, Metzinger bore witness to the ravages of war firsthand. Soldier at a Game of Chess (in French Soldat jouant aux échecs, or Le Soldat à la partie d'échecs, also referred to as Joueur d'échecs), is a painting by the French artist Jean Metzinger. Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago. ![]() Painting by Jean Metzinger Soldat jouant aux échecs
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