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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Cherry wood treated and stained with natural rust, red and blue dyes
Located in Carballo, ES
Cherry wood, treated and stained with natural oxide, red, and blue dyes. These dyes are produced using vinegars from his homeland, Asturias. He uses a secret formula that he has been...
Wood
Untitled (Modernist Three-Panel Screen)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled (Modernist Three-Panel Screen), 1948, mixed media on paperboard mounted into a three-section screen, 58 x 45 inches, signed and dated on each panel upper right This work is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s. Charles Malcolm Campbell...
Board
$5,250
1952 Hungarian Cubism Wall Hanging Relief Sculpture Sand Painting Cubist A. Reth
By Alfred Reth
Located in Surfside, FL
Alfred Reth (1884-1966) Mixed media composition on panel Gritty, sand like texture Hand signed and dated 1952 in lower right corner Frame: H 26.5 in X W 20.5 in. Panel: H 19 in. W 12...
Mixed Media, Board
Togetherness II - Original Abstract Figurative Cubism Beige Black Line Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Croatian artist Bernard Simunovic plays with color, form, and minimalist lines in his abstract figurative cubist works, analyzing the sculptural capa...
Canvas, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Untitled (Cavaliere)
Located in Astoria, NY
Marino Marini (Italian, 1901-1980), "Untitled (Cavaliere)", Mixed Media on Paper, 1955, chalk pastel and wash, signed "Marino" lower right and dated lower left, carved giltwood frame...
Pastel, Mixed Media
$6,720Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Organic Shapes and Lines N-10-103 Mixed Media Canvas Painting 40x60"
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Post Cubist Composition by Eric K. Fiazi, Collage, Framed
Located in Pasadena, CA
Eric K. Fiazi, Post Cubist Compostion, Collage and Oil on Canvas, Signed, dated 2010. Size is framed. Natural wood frame. Excellent condition of use. About : In Eric Fiazi's maste...
Oil, Mixed Media
Robert Marc - Untitled (9690), cubist, post cubism, french, collage, abstract
By Robert Marc
Located in London, GB
Robert Marc (French, 1943-1993) Untitled (9690) collage 36 x 55 cm (14⅛ x 21⅝ in.) signed ‘ROBERT MARC’ (lower centre) Price: £9,000 GBP Provenance: Estate of the Artist Forum Gall...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$48,000
Summer, 1910
By Max Weber
Located in Miami, FL
Complex study of nude figures grouping in landscape. Weber works in watercolor and pen with an electric brushstroke. Perhaps a study or a continuation for his major oil. Summer...
Ink, Watercolor
$2,925Sale Price|35% Off
Cubist abstract composition
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Robert Lepper (1906-1991) . Cubist composition, 1931. Cut copper, brass and steel sheeting tacked to masonite panel. Panel measures 14.5 x 24 inches. Total framed measurement 20 x 29...
Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel
$1,915Sale Price|20% Off
1960’s Cubist Portrait of Woman Stunning Original Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady by Wladyslaw Szary, circa 1960’s See label reverse for bio details Oil painting on canvas with applied mixed media Canvas is 64cm x 44cm Original frame Good condi...
Mixed Media, Oil
$1,465
La Scoperta Della Sicilia - Original Figurative Cubist Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In his abstract figurative work, internationally collected artist Alessandro Siviglia deconstructs everyday objects, landscapes, and human subjects into colorful geometric shapes in ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
L'Interesse - Original Figurative Cubist Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In his abstract figurative work, internationally collected artist Alessandro Siviglia deconstructs everyday objects, landscapes, and human subjects into colorful geometric shapes in ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Lines And Shadows
By Paul Dempsey
Located in East Hampton, NY
Lines & Shadows , Long Island, New York 20"x30" 16x24 on metal - 20x30 on metal - on paper: ***can come as large as 40"x60" 36"x24" on metal: on paper: 10 day turnaround Abo...
Photographic Paper
Romanos Mexican Glass Mosaic Panel, Campesino Figure, c. 1950s-1960s
Located in Camden, ME
This mid-century mosaic panel is signed Romanos and was produced in Mexico circa the 1950s–1960s, representing a refined example of postwar Mexican studio mosaic work that merges mod...
Bronze
$360Sale Price|20% Off
Cubist Living Room Interior Scene in Orange, Green & Blue
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and expressive interior scene in a cubist style with a warm and bright color palette of orange, green, blue, and a pop of magenta, by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th...
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Felt Pen, Color Pencil
$8,320Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Modern Mixed Media Painting on Canvas Art shape colors 21-40-0
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Midcentury Modern Mixed Media Painting on Canvas Art shape colors 21-40-0
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$6,720Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Organic Shapes and Lines N-10-103 Mixed Media Canvas Painting 40x60"
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$308Sale Price|35% Off
Tobacco Package - Original Bonding after Juan Gris - 1933
By Juan Gris
Located in Roma, IT
The Tobacco Package is an original bonding realized by Juan Gris (d'après M. Beaufuret) in 1933. Good condition on a watermarked paper by the Editor Bucher-Becker. No signed. On th...
Paper
$6,720Sale Price|20% Off
MidCentury Organic Shapes and Lines N-10-104 Mixed Media Canvas Painting 40x60"
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Cubist Purple Abstract Mixed Media Canvas Painting, Under The Same Sun
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$6,720Sale Price|20% Off
Organic Shapes and Lines Mixed Media on Canvas Brush Strokes Painting
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$3,475
Man With Jacket & Wilted Flower in Oil Paint on Archival Paper by Zero Mostel
Located in New York, NY
This refined oil painting was realized by Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel- the three time Tony Award winning American actor, comedian, and singer- who was equally talented as a painter in ...
Archival Ink, Oil
Rote Komposition - Rugg
Located in Wien, 9
Fritz Riedl war der Superstar der Textilkunst, der auch international reüssierte und ganz wesentlich dafür verantwortlich ist, dass dieses Genre in Österreich diesen Stellenwert erla...
Wool
A Head of Tomorrow from Yesterday, Abstract Mixed Media by Jeffrey Maron
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jeffrey Maron, American (1949 - ) Title: A Head of Tomorrow from Yesterday Year: 1992 Medium: Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pastel and Collage on Paper, Signed and dated Paper Si...
Pastel, Watercolor
Price Upon Request
Bathing Beauties
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a magnificent all original figurative collage in paper by artist Jilla Mannana. Ms. Mannana studied fine art in Iran for many years and has just recently decided to lice now in America. Bathing Beauties...
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Cinderella's Castle 2
Located in New York, NY
Newpaper on canvas 3D-collage In the hands of Yeji Moon, ordinary materials are transformed into beautiful and complex collages that powerfully recall childhood nostalgia and the r...
Panel, Newsprint
$425Sale Price|50% Off
H 40 in W 55.2 in
Refreshing Gelato, Yellow & Blue Modern Painting, Diptych, Stripped Cabin Beach
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Refreshing Gelato Grid" is an abstract painting by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. It is a beautiful series of rhythmic brushstrokes combined with subtle tones and unique shapes that is both classy and fresh. The use of vivid colors on a white background reminds the beautiful vintage beach cabins...
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
$4,000
H 42 in W 22 in D 12 in
Fruit of Poet (Abstract Olive Green Leaf Shaped Minimalist Wall Sculpture)
By Dai Ban
Located in Hudson, NY
"Fruit of Poet" by Dai Ban, 2021 42" X 22" X 12" Foam Board, Venetian Plaster, Beeswax, Pigment Dai Ban designed this dynamic abstracted wall sculpture in his studio in the Berkshi...
Plaster, Foam Board, Pigment
$19,200
H 36 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
"Symphony" - Stunning Dynamic Abstract Expressionist Painting in Cool Palette
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri Hayssam (Lebanese, Italian, born 1965) "Symphony" 2019 Oil Paint, Acrylic Paint, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom left and the back of the paint...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 172 Bird With Worm
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Pablo Picasso A.R. 172 Bird With Worm 1952 6” round Edition of 500 White earthenware clay, oxidized paraffin decoration, white enamel. Ramie 172 is a Madoura...
Ceramic
$3,900
H 72 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
The Fort Protected - Large Oversized Contemporary Abstract Blue Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sarah Svetlana's original abstract artworks offer a captivating glimpse into the intricacies of the human experience, drawing inspiration from a diverse range of sources and influenc...
Canvas, Charcoal, Varnish, Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 417 Pase de Cape
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Pablo Picasso A.R. 417 Pase de Cape 1959 16.5” round Edition of 100 White earthenware clay. Ramie 417 is a Madoura ceramic that one rarely sees come on the m...
Ceramic
Cello
By Koji Takei
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...
Metal
Cubist Nude Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Cubist Nude Patinated Bronze Sculpture. Dominique Polles' bronze sculptures of female nude edition 2/4 patinated bronze signed and dated 1999. Born in Paris in 1945, young Pollès of...
Bronze
$675
H 24 in W 24 in
Love Tide Washes In - Mixed Media Street Graffiti Inspired Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Canvas, Latex, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$1,025
H 8 in W 13 in D 1.5 in
OMG - Abstract Contemporary Unique Abstract Resin Text Wall Sculpture Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nayla Saroufim creates sculptural installations that challenge the traditional notion of the passive viewer. Nayla’s art is a rich mix of media. She was always captivated by the dial...
Mixed Media, Resin
$3,800
H 23 in W 37 in D 8 in
Waiting for the Storm (Gray Abstract, Minimalist Geometric 3-D Wall Sculpture)
By Dai Ban
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric, minimalist, three dimensional wall sculpture in light grey Precision board, Venetian Plaster, pigments, and beeswax Despite it's stone-like appearance, the scul...
Plaster, Board, Pigment
Valentine
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Katherine Bello Title : Valentine Materials : Acrylic and paper on board Date : 1/2020 Dimensions : 18"x18"x.75" Signed and Dated by Hand COA Provided Katherine Bello's aim as an artist is to capture a sense of place, a moment of time, or a feeling - to evoke a sense of wonder. Bello loves paint and paint brushes; bold, gestural mark-making and the interplay of color. She is influenced by light and landscape, poetry, history and science. Formerly educated in Chemical Engineering and Interior Design, Bello is drawn to the process of creating Something out of Nothing. Abstract, sbstract art...
Canvas, Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
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H 39 in W 47 in D 3 in
"Against All Odds" Mixed media wall Sculpture 39" x 47" in by Tasneem El-Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Against All Odds" Mixed media wall Sculpture 39" x 47" in by Tasneem El-Meshad 3D woodcut on canvas Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “a ...
Canvas, Wood
Artist’s Model
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hans Burkhardt (1904-1994) An extremely prolific artist, Hans Burkhardt remained relatively silent in the Los Angeles art world, choosing to let his artworks express his feelings and thoughts. A forerunner of abstracted, expressionist painting, particularly amid the more conservative Los Angeles figurative painters in the late 1930s, Burkhardt nonetheless based his experimentation on a solid artistic foundation. The order and balance in Burkhardt's compositions derive from his training as a draughtsman and his belief in the importance of underpinning painting with strong drawing skills. Following the advice of his mentor, Arshile Gorky, who had often directed the young artist, "painting is not more than drawing with paint," Burkhardt always created sketches in pencil, pastel, or ink before beginning a canvas in oil. As a result, his compositions exhibit a strong sense of structure and design, even in their abstraction. Burkhardt drew motifs from nature, internalizing them and creating a highly personal, abstract realization of the scene or event. In a 1974 interview for the Archives of American Art, the artist explained that for him paintings evolve out of emotions and ideas—a process not unlike the Surrealist's conception of the genesis of creative thought. Burkhardt recognized associations to things and people in nature. In his canvases, objects became symbols (for example, two nails transformed into lovers under a moonlit sky.) The symbolic and expressive content of these motifs derives from the artist's deeply felt humanism and compassion. Born in 1904, in Basel, Switzerland, Burkhardt grew up in an orphanage. In 1924 he wrote to his father, who had immigrated to the U.S., and that same year he immigrated to America, finding work in the furniture factory where his father was employed. During the evenings Burkhardt studied art at Cooper Union. After a year at Cooper Union, in 1928, Burkhardt left to attend the new Grand Central School of Art, where he met Arshile Gorky. At this time, Gorky only had four pupils, one of whom was Willem de Kooning. Burkhardt and his mentor Gorky formed a fast friendship and the two later shared a studio for almost a decade. To support himself and his family during the lean Depression years, Burkhardt continued to work as a furniture finisher. After a nasty battle with his ex-wife, Burkhardt relocated to Southern California in 1937. There he worked for a defense plant during World War II and for MGM studios. During this time, Burkhardt's thoughts focused heavily on the ongoing war and he created numerous anti-war paintings and works dealing with the horror of the concentration camps, which might have reminded Burkhardt of his time spent as youth in the city ward. Throughout his career, the artist's commitment to decrying the evils of war continued, with paintings devoted to the Korean War, Vietnam, and even 1991's Desert Storm. Frequently missiles and bombs, bloodied bodies, and ravaged landscapes referenced the "collateral damage" that results from war. Burkhardt's numerous anti-war paintings are among his most critically celebrated works. However, following the war, the artist's outlook changed, and a new optimism engendered paintings that visualized the "dream of one world." These years also brought Burkhardt considerable acclaim. Despite the lack of a cohesive artistic community (the artist lamented the close knit art...
Pastel
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H 39 in W 59 in
Siamo Ancora Qua - Large Original Figurative Cubist Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In his abstract figurative work, internationally collected artist Alessandro Siviglia deconstructs everyday objects, landscapes, and human subjects into colorful geometric shapes in ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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H 39 in W 39 in
La Felicita Non Si Dice - Original Figurative Cubist Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In his abstract figurative work, internationally collected artist Alessandro Siviglia deconstructs everyday objects, landscapes, and human subjects into colorful geometric shapes in ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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H 37 in W 25 in D 0.75 in
Blue, Yellow and Brown Abstract Figurative Synthetic Cubism Collage
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, yellow, and brown abstract figurative collage inspired by the synthetic cubist movement and artists like Pablo Picasso. This work incorporates abstracted faces and multiple leg...
Paper, Oil
A Woman Happy With The Results Of Her Morning
By Alden Marin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mixed media and found objects, mounted on mat board.
Found Objects, Mixed Media
A Moment In The Life Of A Reflecting Man
By Alden Marin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mixed media and found objects, mounted on mat board.
Found Objects, Mixed Media
Man Looking At Himself In A Mirror
By Alden Marin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mixed media on board.
Mixed Media
Lines And Shadows
By Paul Dempsey
Located in East Hampton, NY
Lines & Shadows , Long Island, New York 20"x30" 16x24 on metal - $650 20x30 on metal - $900 on paper: $400 ***can come as large as 40"x60" 36"x24" on metal: $1000 on paper: $450 1...
Photographic Paper
A Girl With Her Own Blue & Red Abstraction
By Alden Marin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mixed media and found objects, mounted on mat board.
Found Objects, Mixed Media
Interior with Red
By Fannie Hillsmith
Located in New York, NY
This is a painting on a wood panel mounted onto another wood panel The frame is the artist's design and she painted that as well. The crack in the wood is incorporated into the image...
Oil
VISAGE AUX POINTS
Located in Aventura, FL
White earthenware pitcher painted in colors and partially glazed. Alain Ramié 610. Georges Ramié 759. Incised `Edition Picasso', `R 139', `Madoura', numbered...
Earthenware