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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Cubist mid-century abstract expressionist painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Bernard Segal (1907-1986). Cubist painting, ca. 1960. Gouache and watercolor on paper, sheet measures 11 x15.5 inches. Unsigned. Estate stamp on verso side. Excellent condition. N...
Paper, Gouache
Dark Thunder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in 1961 in Perpignan, France, a region known for its Catalan culture as well as its influence on artists before him, including Picasso, Van Gogh, and Maillol....
Oil, Panel
Fine Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Portrait of Angular Seated Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 14 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist h...
Oil
$6,188Sale Price|40% Off
Women in Deckchairs
Located in London, GB
'Women in Deckchairs', oil on canvas, by Camille Hilaire (circa 1960s). Folding wooden chairs with woven or cane seats and backs, of the type now...
Canvas, Oil
$6,800Sale Price|20% Off
"Enchanted" Modernist Multicolor & Textured Abstract Portrait Painting on Canvas
By Gee Gee Collins
Located in New York, NY
A modernist depiction of a portrait executed with strong use of line and texture. This piece is filled with movement and beautiful brushwork, the use of color placement is enchanting...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Rene Marcil Cubist Still Life
By René Marcil
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rene Marcil: 1917-1993. Very well listed Canadian artist who has auction records as high as $100,000. This fabulous fresh to the market oil painting is either on a thin board or thic...
Oil
20th Century French Original Oil Painting Modernist Kitchen Interior Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Kitchen Still Life by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 26 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist h...
Oil
$1,439
Still Life - Mid 20th Century Belgian Cubist Oil on Canvas Modernist Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb mid 20th century Belgian cubist still life depicting objects on a table top, by Rob Debont. Excellent quality and condition decorative work which is in very good original ...
Canvas, Oil
Russian School Art Deco Cubist Gouache on Board Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a beautiful 20th-century Russian Art Deco cubist gouache painting on cardboard. There is no obvious signature on the artwork. Although this painting is a typical example of t...
Gouache, Board, Cardboard
Russian Cubist Portrait of a Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful cubist portrait of a woman by unknown Russian artist. Oil on canvas measures 17 x 25 inches. Signed and dated lower right. Label fragments affixed on verso.
Canvas, Oil
$1,535Sale Price|20% Off
Huge 20th Century French Cubist Abstract Cityscape in Blue Amazing Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Cityscape by H. de Sainte Foi (French 20th century) signed oil on board, unframed board: 24 x 47 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: all corners are w...
Oil
Self Portrait - Mid 20th Century Swedish Modernist Cubist Artist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century Swedish oil on canvas self portrait of an artist wearing a beret. Very decorative work in the cubist style which is signed lower left and presented in a ...
Canvas, Oil
The Yellow Mandolin
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the day before settling in Los Angeles in the 1930’s. The artist continued his art education and began exhibiting throughout galleries in Southern California. As with many artists, his earliest style was more realist imagery, transitioning through his intense fascination with the cubist avant-garde movement, into specific cubist imagery which became the trademark style of painting for the remainder of his life. This is the first presentation of the paintings of Maurice Green since his death in 1993. “The Yellow Mandolin”, is an exceptional early work, an original oil on canvas, signed, dated 1974, with an image dimension of 40 x 30 inches; a painting which clearly defines his talent as a fine cubist artist...
Oil
$1,540Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Cityscape of Lucerne Switzerland Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Cityscape of Lucerne signed by Colbert Cassan (1899-1979) oil on canvas, unframed dated 1955 Canvas: 20 x 25.5 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condi...
Oil
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
Colorful Cubist Portrait of Woman Holding Fruit Interior Scene Mid 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Interior Scene Marcel Seignobos (1892-1972) signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 18 x 22 inches Provenance: private collection, Cote d'Azur, France Condition: good conditio...
Oil
20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Cubist Figure Grey Black and Blue
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Cubist Figure in Grey.Black and Blue colors by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 25.5 x 19.5 inches Provenance:...
Oil
$443Sale Price|69% Off
Mid-Century Futuristic French Cubist Cityscape. Oil and Acrylic on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-Century cubist oil and acrylic futuristic cityscape on canvas. Signed bottom right, artist unknown. Highly colourful and well-composed interpretation of a cityscape of the futur...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$847Sale Price|20% Off
French Modernist 1960's Oil Painting Cubist Village Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Village Landscape The artist, Raymond Guidot (1935 - 2021) was a Parisian art historian, critique and teacher. oil painting on board, unframed board: 9 x 10.5 inches stamped ve...
Oil
"Village Girl" Abstract Figure Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted figure painting by Juniper Briggs is made with mixed media on Arches paper with deckle edges. It features a warm, contrasting palette an...
Paper, Mixed Media
A Cubist Cuban Country Chico
Located in San Francisco, CA
You cannot pass this doleful young man without engaging. If you have traveled, you have met him in the streets of Latin America, of India, of Africa and even some parts of the U.S. H...
Canvas, Mixed Media
$1,397Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century European Cubist Abstract Geometric Shapes Composition Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Still Life European School, mid 20th century oil painting on board, unframed painting: 18 x 11 inches condition: very good provenance: private collection, Cotswolds, England
Oil
Antique Danish Modernist Abstract Signed & Framed Cubist Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Danish modernist abstract cubist oil painting by Eugène Sala (1899 - 1987). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 19 by 13 inches overall. In excellent original conditi...
Oil, Board
Fine 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Figurative Modernist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Composition by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 22 x 26 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist h...
Oil
Green Sunflower, Cubist Oil on Canvas Painting by Claude Venard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Claude Venard, French (1913 - 1999) - Green Sunflower, Year: 1968, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left and dated on verso, Canvas Size: 39.5 x 39.5 in. (100.33 x 100.33 cm), ...
Oil
Antique American Cubist Abstract Flower Still Life Large Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Oil, Board
Fine 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Girl in Red Trousers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Girl in the Red Trousers by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE signed upper left corner oil on canvas, framed framed: 26 x 21 inches canvas: 25.5 x 20 inc...
Oil
$935Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th-Century French Cubist Portrait Reclining Posed Nude Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Abstract by Therese Hummel (French, 1911-1999) oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 10.75 x 14 inches Provenance: private collection of this artists work, Paris Condition: sound and...
Oil
$1,500
'Man Playing a Banjo', American Mid-Century Cubist-Derived Figural Oil, Fifties
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Paula Melcher' (American, 20th century) and dated 1956.
Canvas, Oil
Studio Still Life - Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil on Canvas Painting Lhote
By Béatrice Appia
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1950's French cubist oil on canvas depicting a studio still life with artist's palette, brushes and bowl of cherries by Béatrice Appia. Rar...
Canvas, Oil
$980Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Cubist Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century cubist abstract. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
Provence Landscape - Large Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large c.1960 French oil on paper laid on board cubist influenced landscape by Oleg Zinger. The work depicts a summer landscape with white build...
Laid Paper, Oil
$2,145Sale Price|20% Off
Large Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Sailboats in Abstract Harmony
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailboats Abstract French cubist artist, circa 1950's oil on board, unframed board: 33 x 48 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: all four corners are worn but sho...
Oil
$18,500
"Siphon Noir" Modern Cubist Inspired Blue, Red, and Pink Abstract Still Life
By Marcel Mouly
Located in Houston, TX
Modern Cubist inspired colorful abstract still life painting by the French artist Marcel Mouly. The work features a collection of bottles and vases arranged on a red table that has b...
Canvas, Oil
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Signed American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive signed 1967 abstract landscape. Appears to be an abstract coastal scene. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$1,375Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modernist Portrait of a Woman in Muted Tones 1950's French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Modernist Portrait signed and dated French School, mid 20th century oil on board, framed Framed: 29 x 25 inches Board: 22 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition...
Oil
$810
Rhombus Color Study, Pastel Tones Brutalist Geometry, Gray, Blue, PInk, Diptych
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with a special emphasis on Art De...
Oil, Paper
$1,320Sale Price|67% Off
1960's French Cubist Abstract Oil Painting Paris Salon Exhibited Signed & Labels
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Salade des Fruits by Jean Pierre Stagnaro (French c. 1961) cubist still life composition, very thickly painted. signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 37.5 inches canvas: 23.5 x 36 inches inscribed verso provenance: private collection, France; exhibition label...
Oil
The Burning Port
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in 1961 in Perpignan, France, a region known for its Catalan culture as well as its influence on artists before him, including Picasso, Van Gogh, and Maillol....
Wood, Adhesive, Oil
$902Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th-Century French Oil Painting Cubist Portrait of Nude Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Models by Therese Hummel (French, 1911-1999) oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 15 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection of this artists work, Paris Condition: sound and good...
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Modernist Cubist Oil Painting Female Nude Artists Model
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model, female nude reclining in chair by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 29 x 29 inches Provenance: all the pai...
Oil
$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
Modernist Geometric Abstract in Pastel Colors, in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist Geometric Abstract in Pastel Colors, in Acrylic on Canvas This geometric abstraction uses interlocking planes of color to create a sense of rhythm and movement across the ...
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Fine 20th Century French Cubist Still Life Grey Muted Tones Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cubist Still Life by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 25.5 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this art...
Oil
$7,701Sale Price|20% Off
Huge 1940's Circle of Fernand Leger Figurative Portraits Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Portraits French School, illegibly signed and dated 47' circle of Fernand Leger (French 1881-1955) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 38 x 58.5 inches Provenance: private col...
Oil
20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Lady Seating on Old Street
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Street by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 13 x 18.5 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist hav...
Oil
$959Sale Price|50% Off
Portrait of a Girl
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Girl', gouache and crayon on fine paper (1966), by Raymond Debiève (1931 - 2011). Here the artist paints a young girl with blond hair in his post-cubist style. Clearly...
Paper, Crayon, Gouache
Mystical Portrait, Universal Woman Haitian School of Beauty Caribean painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A captivating oil painting by the Haitian master, Albert Desmangles. This piece is a wonderful example of his work within the highly sought-after School of Beauty art movement, which...
Masonite, Oil, Acrylic
$1,842
Mid Century French Cubist Oil Painting Red Roof Tops Town Signed Large Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cubist Town Landscape French, mid 20th century indistinctly signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 36.5 x 35.5 inches canvas: 32 x 25.5 inches Titled verso Provenance: private col...
Oil
$3,465Sale Price|20% Off
Huge French Cubist Abstract Oil Painting 6 Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Composition "Composition aux 6 couleurs" by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000) signed lower corner, dated 1979 oil painting on board, framed Framed 37 x 27 inches Stunning...
Oil
"Thinking It Over" Abstract Figure Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted figure painting by Juniper Briggs is made with mixed media on Arches paper with deckle edges. It features a vibrant, contrasting palette...
Paper, Mixed Media
$1,595Sale Price|20% Off
Large 1960's French Cubist Oil Painting on Canvas Amazing Shapes & Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Composition French School, circa 1960's period oil on canvas, unframed painting: 21 x 29 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: very good and sound condition
Oil, Canvas
André Lhote Cubist Composition Pen Drawing Painting, circa 1910
By André Lhote
Located in Atlanta, GA
This cubist black ink pen drawing by André Lhote (1885 - 1962), circa 1910, features a still-life composition, a bowl with fruits on a table with a cubist geometric design. We added ...
Paper, Pen
Modern Cubist Still Life with Natural Palette, Oil and Acrylic Painting, 60x49cm
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Nature Morte aux Fruits (Still Life with Fruit) Oil and acrylic on canvas 60 × 49 cm Nature Morte aux Fruits revisits the traditional still life through a structured, cubist constru...
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
$1,502Sale Price|20% Off
Large 20th Century French Abstract Cubist Composition Signed Oil Painting
By Jean Besnard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Composition by Jean Besnard (1922-2007) oil on board, unframed signed with initials, dated board: 27 x 26 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: good and sou...
Oil
Guernica, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Pablo Picasso's Guernica painting inspired, great colors, acrylic and spray on canvas, great artwork, exhibitions in the best Art Galleries in France...
Acrylic
The Musical Room
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in 1961 in Perpignan, France, a region known for its Catalan culture as well as its influence on artists before him, including Picasso, Van Gogh, and Maillol....
Oil, Wood Panel
Fine 20th Century French Post Cubist Oil Painting Still Life Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 29 x 23.5 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this art...
Oil
$1,206
Cubist Landscape - Mid 20th Century Spanish Sunset Oil on Board Spain Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1966 cubist oil on board depicting the sun setting over a Spanish landscape, by Francisco Ramos. Excellent quality work wi...
Oil, Board
$1,650Sale Price|20% Off
1960's French Modernist Cubist Oil Painting View of an Old French Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Town by Michel Kritz, unsigned (French 1925-1994) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 32 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound cond...
Canvas, Oil
Her Reflection
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in 1961 in Perpignan, France, a region known for its Catalan culture as well as its influence on artists before him, including Picasso, Van Gogh, and Maillol....
Oil, Wood Panel
Cubist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant pastel painting on paper was designed by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974). This artwork features a beautiful blue-gray cubist nude study with contrasting black lines. Ther...
Pastel