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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Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Abstract Shapes & Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century Title: Cubist composition Medium: oil on board Size: 11 x 8.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painti...
Oil
Self Portrait - Mid 20th Century Swedish Modernist Cubist Artist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No US duty or taxes to pay on this item * A beautiful mid 20th century Swedish oil on canvas self portrait of an artist wearing a beret. Very decorative work in the cubist style w...
Canvas, Oil
$3,820Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Modernist NYC Cubist Abstract Large Framed Exhibited Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract cubist composition "Terra Firma Theme 10" by Augustus Goertz (Born 1948) . Oil on canvas, circa 1958. Housed in a period gi...
Canvas, Oil
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
$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
Huge 1950's Post-Cubist French Oil Painting Grey Nude Lady Bath Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady In Grey Bathroom Interior by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 32 x 39 inches Provenance: unsigned, all the paintin...
Oil
$1,680
Green Tones, Jazzy Forms, Large Triptych, Gestual Abstraction, Dynamic Mural
Located in Barcelona, ES
This original triptych by muralist Perrine Honoré channels movement and rhythm through sweeping, interlocking forms in saturated greens, deep blues, and luminous yellow. Bold curves ...
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
$4,750
Cubist American Modernist Opera Box Seat Theatre Interior Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist opera view interior oil painting by Dorothy Van Loan (1904 - 1999). Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size,...
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Signed Fish Still Life Cubist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school modernist fish still life painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 15 by 19 inches overall, and 12 by 16 painting alone.. In excellent original co...
Oil, Board
"Twist" Colorful Abstract Post-Cubist Oil Painting by A. Rigollot
By A. Rigollot
Located in Atlanta, GA
A. Rigollot (France, 20th Century) designed this superb post-cubist and colorist abstract oil on board painting. Colorist painting is characterized by intense color use, which become...
Oil, Board
Tarleton Golf Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Tarleton Landscape 1967. 9 x 12 inches. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition. Born in...
Ink, Watercolor
$1,100
Playground Landscape, Primary Vivid Tones, Bauhaus Shapes, Horizontal Canvas
Located in Barcelona, ES
Details: Title: Playground Landscape Medium: Acrylic on canvas Size: 60x140 cm ( 23.6 x 55.1 inches). Each canvas includes an aprox. 2 to 3 in. white border on each side, to ensure ...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
French Modernist Cubist Portrait Study of a Woman in Charcoal 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Modernist Cubist Portrait Study of a Woman in Charcoal, 20th Century Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024) Pupil of André Lhote. Medium: charcoal on artist paper, unframed. ...
Charcoal, Pencil
$1,004Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract Modernist Floral Still Life Geometric Oil Painting Soft Pastel Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Floral Abstract Still LIfe by René GUINAND (French, 1892-1983), signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 21.5 x 29 inches Provenance: private collection of the artists work, Normandy, ...
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...
Oil, Laid Paper
Italian Cityscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Isabelle Graham Reese (1927-2005). Floral Still Life, ca. 1950s. Oil on canvas measuring 12 x 16 inches; 17.5 x 21.5 inches framed. Signed lower...
Oil
$1,700
Modernist Flowers, Skin Tones Tiles, Geometric Minimalist Painting on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, ES
Modernist Flowers is a beautiful painting by Spanish artist Natalia Roman that combines the structured language of Bauhaus shapes with the softness of geometric minimalism. Built thr...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Parisian Ice Cream Parlour Interior French Modernist 20th Century Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Parisian Ice Cream Parlour Interior French Modernist 20th Century Oil Painting Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024), pupil of André Lhote Canvas: 9.5 x 6.75 inches Medium: Oil on...
Oil
$3,120Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract Cubist Portrait - Human Faces Abstract Collection - HFC 19
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Title: "Abstract Cubist Portrait - Human Faces Abstract Collection - HFC 19" Discover the captivating allure of "Abstract Cubist Portrait - HFC 19," a limited edition textured canva...
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée
$1,310Sale Price|20% Off
1960's French Abstract Oil Painting Very Very Thick Impasto Oil Exhibited work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Jean Pierre Stagnaro (1927 - 2013) signed inscribed verso signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 48 inches canvas: 24.75 x 47.75 inches pro...
Canvas, Oil
$556Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Signed Abstract Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 19 by 19 inches overall, and 13 by 13 paint...
Oil
$1,310Sale 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
$1,528Sale 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
$1,201
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
Cubist Still Life with Fruit and Compote
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful cubist still life painted in jewel tones. ca. 1970. Oil on masonite panel measuring 20 x 24 inches. Unfrmaed. Signed "Galbrun" lower right.
Masonite, Oil
$1,700
Geometric Bauhaus Patterns Painting in Vivid Tones, Coloured Horizons, Canvas
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Coloured Horizons" is a painting by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. This series of abstract geometric paintings by Natalia Roman draws its inspiration from the sleek grids and curves ...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Israeli Cubist Modernist Oil Painting "Rosh Shiryon Abir" Armor
Located in Surfside, FL
Shlomo Zafrir is active/lives in Israel, France. Shlomo Zafrir is known for cubist painting. Shlomo Zafrir is a painter and, at the same time, the owner of a nightclub called Omar K...
Canvas, Oil
Woman Seated at Piano in Parisian Square French Modernist 20th Century Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Woman Seated at Piano in Parisian Square French Modernist 20th Century Oil Painting Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024), pupil of André Lhote Canvas: 6.5 x 9 inches Medium: Oil o...
Oil
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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
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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
Pink Artist's Studio Interior with Easel French Modernist 20th Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist's Studio Interior with Easel French Modernist 20th Century Painting Signed by Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024), pupil of André Lhote Canvas: 10.75 x 8 inches Medium: Oi...
Oil
Young Girl Seated in an Armchair French Modernist 20th Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Young Girl Seated in an Armchair French Modernist 20th Century Painting Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024), pupil of André Lhote Canvas: 9.5 x 7.5 inches Medium: Watercolour and...
Color Pencil, Watercolor
$430Sale Price|69% Off
Mid-Century Cubist Cityscape, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Signed
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
$2,280Sale Price|40% Off
"St. George and the Dragon" - Large Late 20th Century Framed Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
You don't have to be a Catholic, or a medievalist, or a Catholic medievalist (Tolkien?) to appreciate this striking image of St. George taking on the dragon. In style it falls somewhere between Cubism and Guernica, to my eye. The limited color palette, with the bold red, gives it the energy of early 20th-century Russian poster...
Oil
$764Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Still Life Vases and Bowl
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Vases by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 22 x 15 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist ...
Oil
Mulher Verde, Cubist Oil Painting by Menelaw Sete
By Menelaw Sete
Located in Long Island City, NY
A portrait of a woman in green with her arms outstretched towards the sky. In a cubist style the arms and colors create a tropical feel to this composition.
Oil
$982Sale Price|20% Off
Fine 20th Century French Post Cubist Oil Painting Still Life in Blue Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flowers in Blue Vase by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 21.5 x 15 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this arti...
Oil
"Regatta" Large Vintage American Modernist Seascape Cubist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American oil painting by Beverly Dundas. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 26 by 40 inches overall, and 20 by 34 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang a...
Oil, Canvas
Night Club New York
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Night Club New York, ca. 1960s. . Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 8.5 x 12 inches; 11 x 17 in matting. Excellent condition. Born in Newark, New Jer...
Ink, Watercolor
Figures in a Jazz Paris Café Interior French Modernist 20th Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures in a Paris Café Interior French Modernist 20th Century Painting Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024), pupil of André Lhote Canvas: 5.75 x 8.75 inches Medium: Oil on canvas...
Oil
$486Sale Price|24% Off
Etude pour le Trio, Colorful Cubist Acrylic on Paper, Signed, 70x55 cm
Located in Cotignac, FR
Cubist acrylic on paper on card by French artist Eliane Versini , signed, dated and titled 'Etude pour le Trio' to the front bottom right and the same to the bottom right reverse. H...
Paper, Acrylic, Cardboard
Fruits Cubistes – Cubist Still Life with Fruit Bowl, Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x27cm
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Fruits Cubistes (Cubist Fruits) Acrylic on canvas 36 x 27 cm Bold and textured Cubist still life by Grégoire Mathias, featuring a fragmented fruit bowl. A striking composition blend...
Canvas, Acrylic
Snowy Cityscape - Mid 20th Century Italian Cubist Winter Rooftops Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1977 Italian cubist oil painting depicting snow covered roofs in a city. Striking and excellent quality work in bright and vibrant colours. Excellent c...
Canvas, Oil
$1,747Sale Price|20% Off
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
$966Sale Price|20% Off
Signed 20th Mid Century French Cubist Oil Painting Construction of a Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Angular Construction of a Town by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 18.5 x 15 inches Provenance: all the paint...
Oil
$1,638Sale Price|20% Off
1960's French Modernist Cubist Oil Painting View of an Old French Town
By Michel Kritz
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
$1,404
Journée de Fête à Arcachon – Cubist Figurative Composition in Diachronic Cubism
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Journée de Fête à Arcachon Acrylic on Canvas 46 x 38 cm Journée de Fête à Arcachon by Grégoire Mathias captures a moment of leisure and festivity through the fragmented perspectiv...
Canvas, Acrylic
$820
Mountaintop Pinnacle in Granate, Duo of Abstract Geometric Alpine Landscape Dune
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...
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Huge Rare Vintage American School Cubist Abstract Pop Art Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed large abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
$1,774
French Modernist Harbour Scene with Boats Colourful Coastal Oil Painting 1950's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harbour Original oil painting by Jacques COURTADE (French, 1923-1994). Post-Impressionist/ modernist oil painting by the superb 20th century French artist, Jacques COURTADE (192...
Oil
Antique American Abstract Cubist Mid Century Framed Cat Portrait Signed Geist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract composition signed Geist. Oil on board, circa 1950. Signed lower right. Displayed in a wood frame. Excellent ready to hang condition.
Canvas, Oil
Huge 1950's Post-Cubist French Oil Painting Nude Lady in Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 32 x 26 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come ...
Oil
$8,400Sale Price|30% Off
Italian City (Cubist cityscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Karl Drerup (1904-2000). Italian City, c.1930. Oil on masonite panel, 24 x 32 inches; 34 x 42 in custom frame. Signed lower right. Minor conservation to loss in margins. Price on request Biography: Born in Borghorst, Germany in 1904, Karl Drerup earned a Master’s Degree in graphic arts working under Hans Meid...
Oil, Panel
$22,500
Two Fish 20th Century Cubist interior painting of table, fish, french still life
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 21" x 29" Circa 1947 Provenance: Gallery Romanet, Paris circa 1948. Sothebys New York circa 1985. Private Collection, UK. Claude Venard frequently incorporated fish ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,300
Red Brezze, Bauhaus Tiles, Geometric Landscape Grid in Red and Blue on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, ES
Details: Title: Red Breeze Medium: Acrylic on canvas Size: 90x90 cm ( 35.4x 35.4 inches). Each canvas includes an aprox. 2 to 3 in. white border on each side, to ensure enough space...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$1,911Sale 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
Guernica, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Esteban Vera
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
$1,800
Tulip Echo, Pastel Tones Modernist Painting, Bauhaus Flowers on Canvas, Petal
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Tulip Echo" is a painting on canvas by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. This series of abstract geometric paintings by Natalia Roman draws its inspiration from the sleek grids and cur...
Cotton Canvas, Oil