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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Elegant Woman Reading at a Table French Modernist Charcoal Portrait Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant Woman Reading at a Table French Modernist Charcoal Portrait Drawing Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024) Pupil of André Lhote. Medium: charcoal and pencil on artist paper,...
Charcoal, Pencil
Cubist Portrait of a Woman with Blue Eyes French Modernist Gouache Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Portrait of a Woman with Blue Eyes French Modernist Gouache Painting Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024) Pupil of André Lhote. Medium: gouache and pencil on artist paper, ...
Gouache, Pencil
Seated Woman with Long Hair French Modernist Monochrome Portrait Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Seated Woman with Long Hair French Modernist Monochrome Portrait Painting Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024) Pupil of André Lhote. Medium: gouache and pencil on artist paper, un...
Gouache, Pencil
French Modernist Female Portrait with Headscarf Charcoal & Pencil Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Modernist Female Portrait with Headscarf Charcoal & Pencil Drawing Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024) Pupil of André Lhote. Medium: charcoal and pencil on artist paper, u...
Charcoal, Pencil
$1,077Sale Price|20% Off
1960's French Cubist Oil Painting Bright Landscape with Tree Amazing Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Landscape by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed and dated 66 verso oil on canvas canvas: 21.5 x 16 inches original oil painting condition: v...
Oil, Canvas
French Modernist Portrait of an Elegant Red-Haired Woman Holding a Small Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Modernist Portrait of an Elegant Red-Haired Woman Holding a Small Dog Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024) Pupil of André Lhote. Medium: gouache on artist paper, unframed. ...
Gouache
$376Sale Price|68% Off
Religious scene
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas Wooden frame with golden patina 75,5 x 60 x 3,5 cm
Oil
Portrait d'un Coq, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
In this oil and wax creation, I set out to explore the essence of form and vitality. The interplay of angular, cubist elements with expressive, figurative gestures captures a dynamic...
Oil
Structure
By Howard Warshaw
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Howard Warshaw– American (1920-1977 ) Title: Structure Year: 1950 Medium: Gouache on heavy board Sight size: 23.5 x 18.5 inches. Framed size: 35.5 x 29.5 inches Signature: S...
Gouache, Board
$1,319Sale Price|20% Off
French Cubist Still Life Signed Painting Fruit & Wine on Table, 20th century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Robert Roujas (French, 1908 - 2000), signed Title: Still Life with Apples painted in the Cubist style. Medium: oil on board, unframed Painting: 18 x 21.5 inches ...
Oil
Cubist mid-century abstract Shell gas station painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Bernard Segal (1907-1986). Cubist Shell Gas Station ca. 1960. Gouache and watercolor on paper, sheet measures 14 x 17 inches. Unsigned. Estate stamp on front lower right. Excellent...
Paper, Gouache
Mask Inspired Shapes, Symbolic Abstraction, Blue Primitive Hierogliphics Diptych
Located in Barcelona, ES
This painting unfolds as a field of symbolic marks that read like a personal language of the artist. Each glyph-like form suggests echoes of ancestral signs, recalling masks, ritual ...
Paper, Acrylic
Cubist Portrait of Gabriele Varese (in Italian uniform), 1919
By Dick Beer
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dick Beer (1893–1938) Sweden, born London Portrait of Gabriele Varese (in Italian Uniform), 1919 stamp signed oil on canvas laid down on panel unframed 116 × 90 cm (45.7 × 35.4 in)...
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Abstract Composition - Signed Painting Hungarian Cubism
By Alfred Reth
Located in London, GB
ALFRED RETH 1884-1966 Budapest 1884-1966 Paris (Hungarian/French) Title: Abstract Composition, 1939 Technique: Original Signed and Dated Oil and Mixed Technique painting on Board ...
Oil
"Idole" Multicolor Post-Cubist Oil Painting by A. Rigollot
By A. Rigollot
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vibrant post‑cubist and colorist abstract oil on board by A. Rigollot (France, 20th Century), titled Idole and signed lower right A. Rigollot – 1961. Rooted in the European coloris...
Oil, Board
$2,700Sale Price|40% Off
Grayscale Cubist Abstract Painting, Oil on Canvas, 21st Century
Located in Soquel, CA
A contemporary industrial grayscale geometric abstract with brown accents by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Evoking a highly abstracted urban cityscape from abov...
Canvas, Oil
$3,437Sale Price|20% Off
Composition aux 6 Couleurs, Cubist Oil Painting on Board, Signed 1979
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
Cubist Study, Original Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 30x24 Inches, 2016
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by Fernando Fernandez. Canvas is sretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Fiery Tango - Original Abstract Figurative Cubism Colorful Neutral Line Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Croatian artist Bernard Simunovic plays with color, form, and minimalist lines in his abstract figurative works, analyzing the sculptural capabilitie...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$820
Sonora Desert Cactus, Pastel Tones Geometric Stack, Stones in Green, Pink, 3D
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Sonora Desert Monument" is an acrylic painting from Ryan Rivadeneyra's series of imagined modernist sculptures. In this series, Rivadeneyra explores the possibilities of colorful sc...
Acrylic, Oil
Kaleidoscope Abstract Still Life Post-Cubist Oil Painting by A. Rigollot
By A. Rigollot
Located in Atlanta, GA
This incredible post-cubist and colorist still life oil on board painting was designed by A. Rigollot (France, 20th Century). Colorist paintings are characterized by intense color us...
Oil, Board
$819Sale Price|20% Off
Modernist 20th Century French Oil Painting Trees in Tropical Coastal Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Trees by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 13.75 x 17 inches canvas: 13 x 16 inches Provenance: all the paintings we hav...
Oil
$3,120Sale Price|20% Off
Human Faces Abstract Collection - HFC 29 - Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Faces Abstract Collection by Irena Orlov Introducing "Abstract Cubist Portrait - Human Faces Abstract Collection - HFC 29" - Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print "Abstract Cubist ...
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée
$1,000
Cubist Still Life Composition Gouache Painting by A Derek Ching
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vibrant Cubist Still Life Painting by A. Derek Ching (20th Century) Bold yet nuanced, this rare original gouache on paper, created by American artist A. Derek Ching (USA, 20th Centu...
Paper, Acrylic
Cubist Female Nude Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1968, 10 x 14 inches. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition. Born in Newar...
Watercolor
Rider and Two Horses in front of a House
By Bela Kadar
Located in London, GB
BELA KADAR 1877-1956 Budapest 1877-1956 (Hungarian) Title: Rider and Two Horses in front of a House Technique: Original Hand Signed Tempera Painting on paper Image size: 58 x 83 cm / 22.8 x 32.6 in Additional Information: The work is hand signed "Kadar Bela...
Tempera
$1,352Sale Price|20% Off
1950's French Cubist Signed Oil Portrait of Mysterious Blonde Lady Reading
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"La Liseuse" (the reader) by Magali Lucas (French b. 1915) signed, titled verso oil on canvas, in original period mirror lined frame framed: 28 x 21.5 inches canvas : 25 x 18 inches...
Oil, Canvas
Summer Mountain Landscape with Lake & Soft Clouds French Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mountain Landscape with Lake and Soft Clouds French Modernist Oil Painting by Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024) pupil of André Lhote oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 15 x 18 inc...
Oil, Pencil
1950's Post Cubist Seated Female Nude Interior Composition French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Post Cubist Seated Female Nude Interior Composition French Oil Painting by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French, 1929–2024) signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 39.5 inches from the art...
Oil
Still Life Painting, Cubist Style, Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 2016
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by Fernando Fernandez. Canvas is sretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasona...
Canvas, Acrylic
Florero, Cubist Still-Life Original Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 2016
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by Fernando Fernandez. Canvas is sretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasona...
Canvas, Acrylic
Post-Cubist Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting by Hellier
Located in Atlanta, GA
American artist Hellier (20th Century) designed this stunning post-cubist constructivist oil on canvas painting. The artwork "Ste Augustine" uses earth tones juxtaposed with green to...
Canvas, Oil
"Time Travel" Painting 53" x 47" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Time Travel" Painting 53" x 47" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad Acrylic and Oil on Canvas Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “a reflection of th...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Colorful Modernist Painting on Canvas
By Arnold Weber
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Modernist painting on canvas with a vibrant palette and a still life cityscape composition with a cubist edge. Signed by the noted artist Arnold Weber in the lower left.
Other Medium
$2,128Sale Price|20% Off
Fine 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Girls in Bar with Drinks
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
At the Bar by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 25 x 21 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come...
Oil
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-20th Century Post-Cubist Gouache Painting Man Mending Nets
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mending the Nets by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE gouache on artist paper stuck on card, unframed overall size: 26.5 x 31 inches painting: 20 x 25 inches...
Gouache
Vase Monument, Cubist Mask in Black and Yellow, Bold Sculpture Painting on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful painting by Alberto de Blobs (Barcleona, 1982). Alberto is a talented painter whose elaborate mixture of figurative and free form ...
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Art Deco Cubist Woman Study Black Pencil Drawing by Wouyart
Located in Atlanta, GA
An engaging modernist pencil study of a seated woman by French artist Wouyart (20th Century). The figure is rendered with a refined economy of line, where traced contours, subtle sha...
Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil
$1,869Sale Price|20% Off
1950's French Cubist Still Life Oil Painting Jugs & Ornaments Large Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Still Life Composition French School, mid 20th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 22 x 26 inches canvas: 18 x 21.5 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: v...
Oil, Canvas
$1,620Sale Price|20% Off
French Cubist 20th Century Oil Painting Nude Lady with Green Apples signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nu aux Pommes by Helene Dadone (French cubist artist 20th century) monogrammed and dated, oil on board, unframed inscribed verso board: 20 x 26 ...
Oil
$764Sale Price|20% Off
Sunlit Still Life with Oranges & Lemons 20th Century French Post Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fruit Still Life by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 24 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist hav...
Oil
$544Sale Price|20% Off
1970's French Modernist Gouache Painting Colorful Cubist Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed & dated 1978 original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuf...
Gouache
$12,147
Romeo de Ravenne - Cubist Abstract Figure in Landscape Oil by Camille Hilaire
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled oil on canvas by French cubist painter Camile Hilaire. The piece beautifully depicts a man at a port beside boats coloured in reds, blues and oranges. A wonderfully...
Canvas, Oil
French Cubist Portrait of a young girl
Located in Woodbury, CT
Mattais Cartier (French, circa 1910–1960) Cubist Figure with Raised Arm, 1947 Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right Executed in 1947, this bold and architectonic composition ...
Oil
$1,304Sale 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
$3,959Sale Price|20% Off
Caithness Harbour - Scottish Cubist art marine oil painting Founder 1922 Group
Located in Hagley, England
This art historically interesting oil on panel painting is by Scottish artist David William Gunn. Painted in 1927 it is of Caithness harbour in Scotland. The style is Scottish Cubist...
Oil
$620
The Golden Rule, Color Field, Abstract Geometric Landscape in Pastel Tones, 2022
Located in Barcelona, ES
"The Golden Rule" is an abstract painting by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. These color field paintings are inspired by both modernist shapes of the fifties and sixties combined with ...
Oil, Acrylic, Paper
$900Sale Price|55% Off
Construction Scene Industrial Cityscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Construction Scene, 1935. Gouache on cardboard, panel measures 9 x 11 inches; 19 x 21 inches framed. Signed, dated lower c...
Watercolor
Minéral, Animal, Végétal
Located in London, GB
Signed and dated ‘Ozenfant 1917’ (lower right) Price excl. VAT
Oil
$656Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract Cactus, Sculptured Totem 3D Shapes in Green, Purple, Pink on Beige
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Abstract Cactus" is an acrylic painting from Ryan Rivadeneyra's series of imagined modernist sculptures. In this series, Rivadeneyra explores the possibilities of colorful sculptura...
Oil, Handmade Paper
Gatherers of Dry Wood - Oil Painting Cubism - French
By Valentine Prax
Located in London, GB
VALENTINE ZADKINE PRAX 1897-1981 (French) Title: Gatherers of Dry Wood / Ramasseuses de Bois Mort, circa 1925 Technique: Original Signed Oil Painting on canvas size: 116.2 x 100.3 cm / 45.75 x 39.5 in Additional Information: This original oil painting by Valentine Prax-Zadkine is hand signed by the artist at the lower left part. It was painted in circa 1925. Provenance: Collection Pierre Alexandre Regnauld (1868-1954), Amsterdam. Anonymous sale; Collection de Tableaux Modernes de feu P.A. Regnault, Paul Brandt...
Oil
Ochre Sunset, Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Miriam Bromberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Miriam Bromberg, Amnerican XXth Cent. Title: Ochre Sunset Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm)
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$874Sale Price|20% Off
1970's French Modernist Cubist Painting Seated Nude Woman Purple Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Model by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed (dated 1975) original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few cur...
Gouache
Female Portrait - Russian Ukrainian Cubism
Located in London, GB
This oil painting is signed by the artist "Kremegne" in the lower right part. It was painted circa 1920's. Provenance: Madame Line Playfair, Chiswick, London Exhibited: Redfern Ga...
Canvas, Oil
$341
Martini seco - original still life painting modern abstract expressionist cubism
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Paper, Watercolor
$1,523Sale Price|20% Off
Fine 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Young Woman Reading in Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Woman Reading in Garden Seated on a Chair by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 25.5 inches signed ve...
Oil
$12,000
Sailboats
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. "Sailboats ”, is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated 1980, with an image dimension of 20 x 24 inches, set into the original artists wood frame; a painting which clearly defines his talent as a fine cubist artist...
Oil
$420Sale Price|20% Off
Vista de un Puerto, Cubist Oil Painting on Cardboard, Framed, 1990
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1990 El estado de conservación es bueno Se presenta enmarcada la obra (sin cristal) Medidas de la obra: 70...
Oil
Abstract Composition
By Chris Ritter
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Chris Ritter (1906-1976). Abstract Composition ca. 1960. Watercolor on rag paper, sheet measures 17.5 x 22 inches. Sheet is loose and unmounted. Unframed. Estate stamps500 on v...
Watercolor, Rag Paper
$1,424Sale Price|20% Off
Fine 20th Century French Post Cubist Oil Painting The Crab & Lemon Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 29 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come...
Oil