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Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

CUBIST STYLE

Inspired by the nontraditional ways Postimpressionists like Paul Cézanne and Georges Seurat depicted the world, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque pioneered an even more abstract style in which reality was fragmented into flat, geometric forms. Cubism majorly influenced 20th-century Western art as it radically broke with the adherence to composition and linear perspectives that dated back to the Renaissance. Its watershed moments are considered Picasso’s 1907 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, in which nude figures are fractured into angular shapes, and Georges Braque’s 1908 painting show, which prompted a critic to describe his visual reductions as “cubes.”

Although Cubism was a revolutionary art movement for European culture, it was informed by African masks and other tribal art. Its artists, which included Fernand Léger, Alexander Archipenko, Marcel Duchamp, Juan Gris and Jean Metzinger, experimented with compressing space and playing with the tension between solid and void forms in their work. While their subjects were often conventional, such as still lifes, nudes and landscapes, they were distorted without any illusion of realism.

Cubist art evolved through different distinct phases. In Analytic Cubism, from 1908 to 1912, figures or objects were “analyzed” into pieces that were reassembled in paintings and sculptures, as if presenting the same subject matter from many perspectives at once. The palette was usually monochromatic and muted, giving attention to the overlapping planes. Synthetic Cubism, dating from 1912 to 1914, moved to brighter colors and a further flattening of images. This unmooring from formal ideas of art would shape numerous styles that followed, from Dada to Surrealism.

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Style: Cubist
1929 "Nude with Cubist Sculpture" Charcoal Female Nude Drawing UCBerkeley Artist
Located in Arp, TX
John Bowers Collection Nude With Cubist Sculpture 1929 Charcoal on Paper 18.75"x24.75", unframed Dated in charcoal lower right Came from a portfolio owned by artist John Bowers John was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree by the University of California, at Berkeley. His collection included pieces by fellow student artists and professors at UC Berkeley including Fred Reichman...
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Early 20th Century Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

1950s Vintage Charcoal Female Nude Study by Henry Woon
Located in Arp, TX
Henry Woon Charcoal Female Nude 2 c. 1950's Charcoal on Strathmore Charcoal Paper 25"x19 1/2"Unframed Signed in ink H Woon lower right His large portfolio of charcoal drawings was ...
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1950s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Cubist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant pastel painting on paper was created by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974). This artwork has a beautiful blue-gray cubist nude study with contrasting black lines. There is no visible signature.  This artwork comes from the artist's estate. Newly reframed in an elegant blue-silver textured wood frame with black matte and acrylic glass protection. Measurements: With frame: 15 in wide (38 cm) x 19.69 in high (50 cm). Opening view: 7.32 in wide (18.5 cm) x 12 in (30.5 cm). (The last two pictures show the piece of art before framing). Biography: John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach...
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1950s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

"Cubist Nude in Studio" 1940s Charcoal Drawing Bay Area Artist
Located in Arp, TX
John Bowers Cubist Nude in Studio 1940s Charcoal on Paper 19"x 24.75", unframed Signed on left side in charcoal Came from a portfolio from the estate of John Bowers John Henry Bowe...
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1940s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Brutalist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
Located in Atlanta, GA
John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974) designed this brutalist pastel painting on paper. The striking cubist nude study design boasts green, orange, and rust colors with contrasting black lines. No signature is visible on the front, but like many of the artist's works, it can be signed at the back. Provenance: From the estate of the artist. Newly reframed in an elegant deep-textured wood frame with orange, black, and gilded colors, original beige jute matte, and glass protection. Measurements: With frame: 17.32 in wide (44 cm) x 23.03 in high (58.5 cm). Opening view: 9.45 in wide (24 cm) x 13.19 in (33.5 cm). Biography: John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach...
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1950s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

1940s Figurative Charcoal Drawing "Draped Hair"
Located in Arp, TX
John Bowers Draped Hair 1940s Charcoal on Paper 25"x19", unframed Came from a portfolio owned by artist John Bowers John was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree by the University o...
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Early 20th Century Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Cubist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely pastel painting on paper by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974) is a striking cubist nude study in blue, purple, and orange-rust colors with contrasting black lines. The artwork is signed in the bottom right corner. Provenance: From the estate of the artist. Newly reframed in an elegant deep-textured wood frame with orange, black, and gilded colors, original beige jute matte, and glass protection. Measurements: With frame: 17.13 in wide (43.5 cm) x 24.41 in high (62 cm). Opening view: 6.50 in wide (16.5 cm) x 12.44 in (31.5 cm). Biography: John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach...
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1950s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

1940s Mid Century Figurative Charcoal Drawing "Nude on Mattress"
Located in Arp, TX
Fredrick Reichman (1925 - 2005) Nude on Mattress 1940s Charcoal on Paper 25"x19", unframed Signed on left in pencil Came from a portfolio owned by artist John Bowers Post War Calif...
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Early 20th Century Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Mid Century 1940s Figurative Charcoal Drawing "Nude in Barn"
Located in Arp, TX
John Bowers Nude in Barn 1940s Charcoal on Paper 19"x25", unframed Came from a portfolio owned by artist John Bowers John was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree by the University...
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Early 20th Century Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Nude Study
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
double-sided c.1950's drawing by Spanish artist, Federico Castellon (1914-1971). Ink on wove paper, sheet measures 10 x 13 inches; 21.5 x 24.5 inches in wood frame. Excellent condition with no restoration or damage. Signed with artist's chop in red ink seal that he used in Asia. From a recently discovered collection of over 60 important Castellon drawings and watercolors c.1939-1950. Birth place: Almeria, SpainDeath place: New York, NYAddresses: NYC (immigrated 1921; citizen, 1943)Profession: Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, etcher, illustrator, teacher Exhibited: Weyhe Gal., 1934, 1936-40; AIC, 1935-47 (prize, 1938); AFA traveling exh., 1937; WMAA, 1938-45; PAFA, 1938-39, 1940 (prize), 1941-42; Carnegie Inst., 1942; PAFA, 1943-53; Assoc. Am. Ar., 1946 (prize), 1952 (solo); Corcoran Gal, 1947; LOC, 1949 (prize); Paris, France, 1952; Bombay, India, 1952; Gallery 10, 1961; Dintenfass Gal., N.Y., 1963; Phila. Pr. Cl., 1964 (prize); Hudson Gld. A., 1964; Great Neck, L.I., 1964; SAGA, 1964 (prize). In 1953, under the auspices of State Dept. Specialist Div., of I.E.S., he exhibited in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, with lectures in each country. Awards: F., Spanish Republic, 1934-36; fellow, Guggenheim Fnd., 1941, 1950; Nat. Inst. A. & Let. Grant, 1950. Member: NA; SAGAWork: WMAA; PAFA; MoMA; PMA; MMA; BM; AIC; NYPL; LOC; Univ. KY; San Diego Mus. FA; Newark (NJ) Pub. Lib.; Princeton Univ. (Frank Jewett Mather Coll.). Comments: A Surrealist painter whose imagery of the 1930s was greatly influenced by Dali. His full name was Federico Cristencia de Castellón y Martinez. Teacher: Columbia Univ., 1946-61; Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, 1952-61. Illustrator: Shenandoah, 1941; I Went into the Country, 1941; Bulfinch's Mythology, 1948; The Story of Marco Polo, 1954; The Man Who Changed China, 1954; The Story of J. J. Audubon, 1955; The Little Prince, 1954; The Life of Robert L. Stevenson, 1954. Reproduction of paintings on The Sumerian Civilization" for Life series "The Epic of Man," 1956; 15 paintings on "The History of Medicine" for MD magazine, 1960-61; The Story of Madame Curie...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Untitled (Standing Woman)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Leopold Survage (1879-1968) Untitled (Woman Standing) Graphite on paper, 1933 Signed in pencil by the artist: Survage Signed with the estate stamp lower right Signed in pencil "LS" f...
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1930s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Nude seated woman, 1965 - gouache, 49x32 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Important work by Jean Hélion. Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 1987) was a French painter whose abstract work of the 1930s established him as a leading modernist. His midca...
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1960s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Pastoral Landscape with Reclining Odalisque and Fruit
Located in Long Island City, NY
This reclining nude portrait of a woman on a picnic makes several different art historical references. The bold, almost neon colors are reminiscent of the tropical paintings rendered by Gauguin at the end of the 19th century. The setting harkens back to "Luncheon in the Grass" by Manetl. And the pose is historically associated with sex workers and the goddess Venus, in paintings like "Olympia" by Manet, "Grande Odalisque" by Inges, and even further back like "Venus of Urbino...
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1930s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

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