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Cubist Portrait 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
Abstracted Cubist Lion Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Cubist Lion Portrait in Pastel on Paper Brightly colored abstract portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). An abstract...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Abstracted Cubist Egyptian Pharaoh Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Cubist Egyptian Pharaoh Portrait in Pastel on Paper Brightly colored abstract portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Centur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting Broodin Portrait Dark Haired Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed (dated 1981) original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls...
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20th Century Cubist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Abstracted Cubist Turkey in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Cubist Turkey Portrait in Pastel on Paper Brightly colored abstract portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). An abs...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Cubist Woman Study Black Pencil Drawing by Wouyart
Located in Atlanta, GA
Interesting seated woman pencil study by French artist Wouyart (20th Century). A surprising representation in which only some trace lines and shadows mark the silhouette and posture ...
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1930s Cubist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil

Abstracted Cubist Cat Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored abstract portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). An abstracted figure is depicted as having a cat-like eye and sharp teeth, but the exact fea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Paper

'Study of a Woman', Danish Modernist Grisaille, Greek Mythology, Roskilde
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Peter Brandes' (Danish, born 1944), dated 1969 and stamped, lower right, with the artist's chop mark. Bearing artist dedication to 'K...
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1960s Cubist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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"Fading Light", pencil, paper, portrait, cubist, classic arts, vanitas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Fading Light" is pencil on paper measuring 12" tall by 9" wide. It's very sound structurally, with a figure composed against a classic pedestal (scrolls suggest a Greek Ionic column...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Study for the Murder of Marat - China Ink Drawing - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Study for the Murder of Marat (Studio per l'uccisione di Marat) is the original black ink and black marker drawing on paper, realized in 1968 by Gian Paolo Berto (Andria, Italy, 1940...
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1960s Cubist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Twins
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French ...
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1940s Cubist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

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Portrait of Jacqueline - Original Watercolor China Ink by G. P. Berto - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
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Cubist portrait drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Cubist portrait drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Michael William Eggleston, Miette Braive, and Gianpaolo Berto. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Crayon and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Cubist portrait drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 9 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $377 and tops out at $3,350, while the average work sells for $750.

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