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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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
$1,906Sale 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
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
$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
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
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
Niente Di Piu - Original Colorful Abstract 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
Margherita Nel Campo Di Margherite - Colorful Abstract Figurative Cubist Artwork
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
Untitled (Cavaliere) Cubist Mixed Media on Paper, 1955
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
Changing Time
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A mixed media on heavy paper. Signed lower right. The artwork can be exhibited vertically or horizontally. Image measures 24.75 x 29.75 inches Framed size is 25.5 x 30.5 inches. Bor...
India Ink, Casein, Watercolor
Skyscrapers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A mixed media on paper. Signed lower right. Image measures 24.75 x 29.75 inches Framed size is 25.5 x 30.5 inches. Born in Dnipro, Ukraine (Yekaterinoslav, when previously controlle...
India Ink, Casein, Watercolor
Cherry wood treated and stained with natural rust, red and blue dyes
By Pablo Maojo
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
L'Interesse - Colorful Mixed Media 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
$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
$450
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
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
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
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
$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
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
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
$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
$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
$48,000
Summer, 1910
By Max Weber
Located in Miami, FL
Complex study of nude figures grouped in a landscape. Weber works in watercolor and pen with an electric brush stroke. Perhaps a study or a continuation for his major oil. Summe...
Ink, Watercolor
$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
$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
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
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
Price Upon Request
Cinderella's Castle 2
By Yeji Moon
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