Guillaume Apollinaire
Noun
Meaning
French poet; precursor of surrealism (1880-1918)
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During 1913 he exhibited his work at the Salon des Indépendants and Salon d'Automne, his work was noticed by Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire and several others.
Of Duchamp's pieces in the show, critic Guillaume Apollinaire —who was to become a friend—criticized what he called "Duchamp's very ugly nudes".
Loyrette, p. 174. A calligram by Guillaume Apollinaire Gustave Eiffel responded to these criticisms by comparing his tower to the Egyptian pyramids : "My tower will be the tallest edifice ever erected by man.