Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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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Berg en Dal – 30-12-23, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
What Color Can Do This pastel drawing ‘Berg en Dal – 30-12-23’ is the second of new pastel editions to an ever growing series. The one I completed last December 19th exceede...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Berg en Dal – 02-11-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
A Perfect Mixture This graphite pencil drawing ‘Berg en Dal – 02-11-23’ is a sort of mixture of cubism and impressionism. Less abstracted than the previous one but more cubi...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Sans Titre - 27-07-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Return to Stardom This grapite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 27-07-023’ is a return to stardom once more. Veronica Lake was the last one in the series. Lulus I consider a ser...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Roundism (Tribute to Anita Ekberg) – 22-06-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
A Second Tribute This graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism (Tribute to Anita Ekberg) – 22-06-23’ is not my first homage to her. Some years ago I made a first one. People must h...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pencil
The Market Square - Drawing by Lucie Caradek - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Market Square is a drawing, realized in early-20th century , by the French post-impressionist painter and illustrator Lucie Caradek (1880-1936).
Mixed media on paper. Hand Signe...
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20th Century Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Mixed Media
Roundism (Tribute to Anita Ekberg) – 22-06-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
A Second Tribute This graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism (Tribute to Anita Ekberg) – 22-06-23’ is not my first homage to her. Some years ago I made a first one. People must h...
Category
2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Woman in a Red Kimono – 03-11-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Woman in a Red Kimono – 03-11-22’ counterparts the one I made last year cubistically. After ‘Roundism – 28-10-22’ I was out of motifs inspir...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Darja Collin – 27-09-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Dancing This graphite pencil drawing ‘Darja Collin – 27-09-22’ is a natural follow-up of her portrait a week ago. For those who not know her already, click the link and read...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Sans Titre – 28-06-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 28-06-23’ depicts moviestar Veronica Lake. After Roundism (Tribute to Anita Ekberg) – 22-06-23 I thought I’d do another celebrity...
Category
2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Marlot – 24-09-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Marlot – 24-09-20 Marlot Cows And now for something completely different: cows in Marlot. I wanted to change the subject for once and do a drawing similar to the horses in my drawing Laren 30-04-20. I never have been an artist drawing and painting animals frequently but I thought I give it a shot and since I am in the mood after my rediscovery of colored pencils, there you have it. Cubistic Animals I always have loved cows...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Roundism – 14-08-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Roundism – 14-08-20 In this one I started hatching up the paper with diagonal strokes like always when the motif is very dark. I did not wanted to rub them out like I am use to ...
Category
2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Roundism – 22-09-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Roundism – 22-09-20 Roundism Once More After an odd month doing other project it was time to do one in my roundism style again. Actually it was inevitable to do this piece in m...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Roundism – 27-10-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Roundism – 27-10-20 Just Abstract Last model session resulted in a nice pose through which I was inspired to continue my roundism series. The general idea was to build up the p...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Geesje Kwak - 12-07-21, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Geesje Kwak – 12-07-21 A Portrait of Geesje A day ago I experimented with Art Graf. I was quite surprized and therefor I thought it would be nice to do a portrait of Geesje Kwak. There are only some odd 15 pictures...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Golden Night - 08-03-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
All Things Round? This pastel drawing Golden Night - 08-02-21 is based on a previous graphite pencil drawing Roundism 10-08-20. What I do is to browse through my collection of drawi...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Lulu - 12-07-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Something Different This graphite pencil drawing ‘Louise Brooks – 12-07-23’ is something different. That is, compared to the previous one. Up to now I used only regular refe...
Category
2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Solarized Roundism – 24-02-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Blue Velvet Reprise This graphite pencil drawing ‘Solarized Roundism – 24-02-23’ stems from the latest session with my regular model. Solarization is back on the menu and I ...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Roundism - 20-08-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Roundism - 20-08-20 Solarized Roundism After my drawing 'Roundism - 19-08-20' I put it as my goal to do another solarized one but a little bit less and more abstract. Drawn in my roundism style it looks essential and I did not need much but to be presented as a bodyscape. It is also inspired by my drawing 'Roundism - 08-09-16' that I like to call 'the deco one'. Eras Gone By Solarization as a visual element keeps lingering in my mind and I surely don't know why that is. I keep on thinking of eras gone by, like Art Deco, surrealism, Jugendstil and what have you not. Of course solarization and roundism are fruits from these artistic movements but then again from the past. Even though I was born and raised in an era of modern art, pre-Word War II-art is more appealing to me. I guess I am an aesthetic and therefor refute everything rude, ugly, mundane and repetitive like contemporary art has to offer these days. Whether it is television, architecture or art, it is all mediocre to be. In my eyes...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Roundism - 14-08-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Roundism - 14-08-20 In this one I started hatching up the paper with diagonal strokes like always when the motif is very dark. I did not wanted to rub them out like I am use to bu...
Category
2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Roundism - 15-11-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Roundism - 15-11-20 More Complex The previous drawing Roundism - 06-11-20 was set up rather elementary, contary to this one. As you may know by now I like to vary and decided to ...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
On the Beach - 11-12-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
On the Beach - 11-12-20 Old Vintage Photo Years ago I saved a vintage picture of a nude on the beach. Origin unknown and my best guess would be ...
Category
2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Golden brown – 24-08-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Golden brown – 24-08-20 New paper experiment The other day I bought new paper by Talens (Toned Colour Mix): a sturdy dark blue sheet perfect for colored pencil and pastel stick...
Category
2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Solarized Geometry – 10-09-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Solarized Geometry – 10-09-20 Solarized Geometry After my drawing Roundism – 29-08-20 it was time to delve into this type of solarized geometry. The latter is about propertie...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Roundism – 23-11-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Roundism – 23-11-20 Diagonals, Horizontals and Verticals A new roundism variation in diagonals, horizontals and verticals. Sometimes you come across a great motif that stimulat...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
On the Beach – 11-12-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
On the Beach – 11-12-20 Old Vintage Photo Years ago I saved a vintage picture of a nude on the beach. Origin unknown and my best guess would b...
Category
2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Solarized Roundism – 02-03-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Solarize It Again This graphite pencil drawing ‘Solarized Roundism – 02-03-23’ follows directly after one with the same name. You see, I quite got the hang of it. I’m tota...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Golden brown - 24-08-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Golden brown - 24-08-20 New paper experiment The other day I bought new paper by Talens (Toned Colour Mix): a sturdy dark blue sheet perfect for colored pencil and pastel sticks....
Category
2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Solarized Geometry - 10-09-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Solarized Geometry - 10-09-20 Solarized Geometry After my drawing Roundism - 29-08-20 it was time to delve into this type of solarized geometry. The latter is about properties of...
Category
2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Golden - 29-01-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Golden - 29-01-21 Addition to the Series After my previous pastel drawing I decided to do a totally different one. Not in hatched strokes but smoothed out I had in mind. My graphite pencil drawing 'Roundism - 31-03-20 (sold)'served as the motif. I was to execute it in bigger format anyway and thought that it could be an addition to the Golden Series. Yellow Since the start of my quest in pastel I did not work on yellow paper very often. For some reason yellow is very hard to work with, certainly because it is so dominant. I once read that Carel Willink...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Golden - 01-02-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Golden - 01-02-21 One Color is No Color This pastel is in line with my previous pastel drawing 'Golden - 28-01-21' but that one looks rather monochrome. Time it was to add some m...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Golden Purple - 07-02-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Half in Limbo This pastel drawing 'Golden Purple - 25-02-21' is based on a previous graphite pencil drawing 'Roundism - 14-09-19'. The latter I always liked because of its abstract ...
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2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
The Rhythm of the City - Hungarian Art Futurism Cubism
Located in London, GB
HUGO SCHEIBER 1873-1950
1873 - Budapest - 1950 (Hungarian)
Title: The Rhythm of the City, 1920's/1930's
Technique: Original Signed Charcoal and Pastel Drawing on Paper
Size: 61 x ...
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1920s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
A Couple in Architectural Cityscape
By Bela Kadar
Located in London, GB
BELA KADAR 1877-1956
Budapest 1877-1956 (Hungarian)
Title: A Couple in Architectural Cityscape, circa 1930's
Technique: Original Signed Ink Drawing on paper
size: 29.5 x 2...
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1930s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Self-portrait
Located in Roma, RM
Gino Severini (Cortona 1883 - Paris 1966), Self-Portrait
Pencil drawing on paper 25 x 21 cm signed Io G. Severini lower right.
Bibliography: Gino Severini before and after the work...
Category
Early 20th Century Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Cubist drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Cubist drawings and watercolor paintings 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. If you’re looking to add drawings and watercolor paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Corne Akkers, Benjamin G. Benno, Michael Loew, and Michael William Eggleston. Frequently made by artists working with Pencil, and Paper 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 drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 5 inches across are also available. Prices for drawings and watercolor paintings 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 $231 and tops out at $215,000, while the average work sells for $1,751.