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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Antique American Impressionist New York Cityscape Framed Original Oil Painting
By Kamil Kubik
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century impressionist oil painting by Kamil Kubik (1930 - 2011). Oil on board. Housed in a nice giltwood impressionist frame. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
$503Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Cubist Portrait Gouache Atelier Magdeleine Renard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Cubist Portrait Gouache Atelier Magdeleine Renard Artist: Atelier Magdeleine Renard (1913–1997) Medium: Original gouache painting on artist paper, unframed....
Watercolor, Gouache
$405Sale Price|20% Off
Woman Reading Beneath Classical Statue French Modernist 20th Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Woman Reading Beneath Classical Statue French Modernist 20th Century Painting Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024), pupil of André Lhote Canvas: 11 x 9 inches Medium: Watercolour ...
Color Pencil, Watercolor
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
$454Sale Price|20% Off
Cubist Reclining Male Nude in an Interior French Modernist Charcoal Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Reclining Male Nude in an Interior French Modernist Charcoal Drawing Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024) Pupil of André Lhote. Medium: charcoal and pencil on artist paper,...
Charcoal, Pencil
"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
$1,941Sale Price|20% Off
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
Antique American Cubist Landscape with Trees and Hills, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
This 1971 oil on board landscape by Y. Melo presents an abstracted natural scene executed in a refined Cubist style. The composition flattens and segments a hillside view into interl...
Oil, Board
$443Sale Price|20% Off
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
Reclining Nude - Cubist Abstract in Vibrant Colors, Signed, 14x36 Inches
Located in Soquel, CA
Reclining Nude - Cubist Abstract in Vibrant Colors, Signed, 14x36 Inches A reclining nude is rendered with angular, simplified forms and outlined contours. The figure is set against...
Crayon, India Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board
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
Abstract Mid-century Cubist Painting
By Wesley Lea
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Wesley Lea (1914-1981). Cubist Composition, ca. 1960. Oil on masonite panel, measuring 14.5 x 22 inches. Framed measurement: 19.5 x 27 inches. Signed lower left.
Oil, Masonite
$378Sale Price|20% Off
Surrealist Figure with Flying Fish French Modernist 20th Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Surrealist Figure with Flying Fish French Modernist 20th Century Painting Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024), pupil of André Lhote Signed Canvas: 10.75 x 9 inches Medium: Oil an...
Color Pencil, 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
$830
Pink Sculptures on Green, Organic Rocks, Pastel Tones, Garden Render Shapes
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Pink Sculptures" is an acrylic painting from Ryan Rivadeneyra's series of imagined modernist sculptures. In this series, Rivadeneyra explores the possibilities of colorful sculptura...
Acrylic, Paper
$806Sale Price|20% Off
Post-Cubist Oil Painting French 20th Century, Interior Scene with Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Scene by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 15 x 18.5 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist hav...
Oil
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 14 x 15.5 inches. Unsigned. Estate stamp on verso side. Excellent condition. ...
Paper, Gouache
$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
$1,292Sale Price|20% Off
Kitchen Table Interior, Post-Cubist Oil Painting, Unframed, 25x32 in
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Kitchen Table Interior by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 25 x 32 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this arti...
Oil
$1,012Sale Price|25% Off
Magic Carpet Ride, Contemporary Cubist Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Magic Carpet Ride, Contemporary Cubist Figurative Landscape A striking contemporary cubist oil on canvas figurative landscape painting by San Francisco artist Michael William Eggle...
Canvas, Oil
$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
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
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
$656Sale Price|20% Off
Garden Sculpture, Pastel Palette, Abstract Render Shapes Pink, Yellow Monumental
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Garden Sculpture I" is an acrylic painting from Ryan Rivadeneyra's series of imagined modernist sculptures. In this series, Rivadeneyra explores the possibilities of colorful sculpt...
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
$1,700
Hot Air Balloon Flight, Geometric Landscape, Vivid Tones Hue Transitions, Canvas
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Hot Air Balloon Flight" 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 cu...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$1,155Sale Price|30% 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
$1,092Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century French Cubist Still Life Painting Glass Dome & Candlestick
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist still life indistinctly signed, dated 1950's signed watercolour on artist paper, unframed Painting: 15 x 18 inches Provenance: Private collection, Paris Condition: Great condi...
Watercolor
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
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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
American Modernist Street Scene Abstract Cubist Framed Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American oil painting. Oil on board. Measuring: 28 by 24 inches overall, and 20 by 16 inches painting alone.
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
$1,373Sale 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
$540Sale Price|20% Off
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
$1,298Sale 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
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
Cubist Modernist Composition Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Cubist/Modernist Composition, ca. 1930's. Oil on artist panel, measuring 9.5 x 11 inches; 10.5 x 12 inches in original frame. Unsigned.
Oil, Panel
$620Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Period Cubist Abstract Signed Framed Rare Artist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare early American modernist cubist abstract by Anita F. Plumb. Framed. Pastel and gouache on paper. Signed. Image size, 20H by 26L.
Canvas, Oil
$3,191Sale Price|20% Off
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
$1,996Sale 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
$1,500
'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
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Framed Original Vintage Abstract Nude Woman Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American exhibited cubist nude portrait oil painting. Oil and casein on board. Framed. Signed. Exhibition label verso.
Canvas, Oil
Cubist Cityscape Surrealist Urban Landscape Mid-century NYC oil painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Peter Kopf Cubist Cityscape, ca. 1960. Oil on artist panel. Measuring 16 x 20 inches; 21 x 25 inches framed. Signed on verso with artist address.
Oil, Panel
$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
$995Sale 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
$973Sale 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
$1,731Sale 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
$425Sale 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
$2,591Sale Price|20% Off
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
$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
$443Sale Price|20% Off
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
$480Sale 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
"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
$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
Mirmande - Vue de Cliousclat - Cubist Landscape Watercolor by Andre Lhote
By André Lhote
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed watercolour on paper landscape circa 1939 by French cubist painter André Lhote. The work depicts a view of Mirmande - a commune in the Drome department of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes...
Paper, Watercolor
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
$1,622Sale 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
$1,386
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
$1,298Sale 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
$1,076Sale Price|20% Off
1980's French Abstract Geometric Green and Yellow Landscape, signed & dated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated 89' Title: abstract/ cubist landscape in greens and yellows Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 18 x 25.5 inches Provenance: ...
Oil