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  1. 1881-1955. French painter, associated with
  2. Cubism. From around 1909 he evolved a
  3. characteristic style, composing abstract and
  4. semi-abstract works with cylindrical forms,
  5. reducing the human figure to constructions of
  6. pure shape. Mechanical forms are constant
  7. themes in his work, including his designs for
  8. the Swedish Ballet 1921-22, murals, and the
  9. abstract film Ballet mecanique/Mechanical
  10. Ballet.
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