Max Jacob was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic.
10 Facts About Max Jacob
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Max Jacob was one of the first friends Pablo Picasso made in Paris.
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Max Jacob introduced him to Guillaume Apollinaire, who in turn introduced Picasso to Georges Braque.
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Max Jacob would become close friends with Jean Cocteau, Jean Hugo, Christopher Wood and Amedeo Modigliani, who painted his portrait in 1916.
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Max Jacob befriended and encouraged the artist Romanin, otherwise known as French politician and future Resistance leader Jean Moulin.
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Moulin's famous nom de guerre Max is presumed to be selected in honor of Jacob.
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Max Jacob, who was Jewish, claimed to have had a vision of Christ in 1909, and converted to Catholicism.
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Max Jacob was hopeful that this conversion would alleviate his homosexual tendencies.
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Max Jacob is regarded as an important link between the symbolists and the surrealists, as can be seen in his prose poems Le cornet a des and in his paintings, exhibitions of which were held in New York City in 1930 and 1938.
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Max Jacob's writings include the novel Saint Matorel, the free verses Le laboratoire central, and La defense de Tartuffe, which expounds his philosophical and religious attitudes.