Alexandre Mercereau

Alexandre Mercereau
Born	Alexandre Mercereau de la Chaume (1884-10-22)22 October 1884 Paris, France
Died	1945
Occupation	Poet
Literary movement	Symbolist poets

Alexandre Mercereau (22 October 1888 – 1945) was a French symbolist poet and critic associated with Unanimism and the Abbaye de Créteil. He founded the Villa Médicis Libre, which helped impoverished artists and operated as charitable reformatory for delinquent teenagers.^[1] Mercereau's work inspired the revolutionary artistic movement of the early 20th century known as Cubism.