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Cubist Art

CUBIST STYLE

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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Style: Cubist
Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950

Fernand LégerFernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950, 1950

$1,996Sale Price|20% Off

Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950

By Fernand Léger

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...

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1950s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Multicolor Abstract Cubist Oil Painting with Monogram Signature MJ
Multicolor Abstract Cubist Oil Painting with Monogram Signature MJ

Multicolor Abstract Cubist Oil Painting with Monogram Signature MJ, circa 1950

$1,900

Multicolor Abstract Cubist Oil Painting with Monogram Signature MJ

Located in Atlanta, GA

This striking abstract Cubist oil on board, signed with the monogram "M.J." in the lower right corner, is the work of a 20th-century German artist. The composition is bold and archit...

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1950s Cubist Art

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Oil, Board

Structure
Structure

Howard WarshawStructure, 1950

$2,400

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...

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1950s Cubist Art

Materials

Gouache, Board

Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950

Fernand LégerFernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950, 1950

$1,996Sale Price|20% Off

Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950

By Fernand Léger

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...

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1950s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, Faun Flutist II, from Two Tales, 1947
Pablo Picasso, Faun Flutist II, from Two Tales, 1947

Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso, Faun Flutist II, from Two Tales, 1947, 1947

$7,996Sale Price|20% Off

Pablo Picasso, Faun Flutist II, from Two Tales, 1947

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite engraving by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Flutiste faune II (Faun Flutist II), from Deux Contes, Le Centaure picador, Le Crepuscule d'un faune (Two Tales, The Cen...

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1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Engraving, Drypoint

Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950

Fernand LégerFernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950, 1950

$2,956Sale Price|20% Off

Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950

By Fernand Léger

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...

Category

1950s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cubist Still Life with Fruit and Compote
Cubist Still Life with Fruit and Compote

GalbrunCubist Still Life with Fruit and Compote, ca. 1970

$700

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.

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1970s Cubist Art

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Masonite, Oil

Framed Cubist Seascape Harbor Seascape Signed Modernist Abstract Oil Painting
Framed Cubist Seascape Harbor Seascape Signed Modernist Abstract Oil Painting

Framed Cubist Seascape Harbor Seascape Signed Modernist Abstract Oil Painting, 1950

$1,295

Framed Cubist Seascape Harbor Seascape Signed Modernist Abstract Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique European modernist oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 24 by 33 inches overall, and 17.75 by 27 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and e...

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1950s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Colorful Marketplace, Modernist Abstract Figurative Shakespeare festival
Colorful Marketplace, Modernist Abstract Figurative Shakespeare festival

Doris Ann WarnerColorful Marketplace, Modernist Abstract Figurative Shakespeare festival, c. 1980

$1,080Sale Price|20% Off

Colorful Marketplace, Modernist Abstract Figurative Shakespeare festival

By Doris Ann Warner

Located in Soquel, CA

Bright and colorful modernist market scene with abstracted figures on heavy bond paper by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "WARNER" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new double mat of light blue and antique buff...

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Late 20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Cubist Female Woman
Cubist Female Woman

Joseph KardonneCubist Female Woman, 1966

$300

Cubist Female Woman

By Joseph Kardonne

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1966. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 8 x 12.25 inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition. Born in Newark, New...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Cubist Portrait of Gabriele Varese (in Italian uniform), 1919
Cubist Portrait of Gabriele Varese (in Italian uniform), 1919

Dick BeerCubist Portrait of Gabriele Varese (in Italian uniform), 1919, 1919

$16,271

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)...

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1910s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Passaic River NJ Landscape
Passaic River NJ Landscape

Joseph KardonnePassaic River NJ Landscape, 1965

$300

Passaic River NJ Landscape

By Joseph Kardonne

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Passaic River Landscape 1967. 9.5 x 13 inches. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition. ...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950

Fernand LégerFernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950, 1950

$1,996Sale Price|20% Off

Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950

By Fernand Léger

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...

Category

1950s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

John Hatch American Cubist Landscape Oil Painting Massachusetts Seascape 1952
John Hatch American Cubist Landscape Oil Painting Massachusetts Seascape 1952

John W. HatchJohn Hatch American Cubist Landscape Oil Painting Massachusetts Seascape 1952, 1952

$2,400Sale Price|20% Off

John Hatch American Cubist Landscape Oil Painting Massachusetts Seascape 1952

By John W. Hatch

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original oil on board painting by American modernist John W. Hatch. This incredible cubist landscape was created in 1952. Estate stamped and dated on the reverse. Titled, "Nahant Rocks, Lynn, MA " with a partial exhibition label on the reverse. The painting comes housed in a black wood frame presentation. John Woodsum Hatch 1919-1998 During his fifty-year career as an artist, John Woodsum Hatch explored the people, the landscape, and the seascape around him. From his extensive travels to his years in New Hampshire, he developed a body of work that captures a sense of place. Through watercolor, ink and sand, he depicted the grandeur of the White Mountains. The crisp light and distinct topography of the Isles of Shoals and Great Bay Estuary are precisely and clearly documented in acrylic and tempera paintings. His ability to convey the sheer scale and longevity of the mountains and sea, and by comparison the fleeting nature of human life, conveys in a not-so-subtle way that the natural environment is to be revered and preserved. Hatch took his first teaching job at the University of New Hampshire in 1949, the same year he graduated from Yale University. He never left. A former student, Sam Cady, described his contributions: “He was a wonderful mix of jokester and sage. A teacher who obviously loved people, loved teaching, and had a great gift for it.” After retiring in 1985, he was made an honorary Professor Emeritus at UNH. Hatch contributed to New Hampshire's cultural life in three areas: his teaching, his art, and his community service. His effectiveness in these three areas can be traced his commitment to give something of himself to help others. Many artists teach by necessity and resent it as a drain on their creative energies but Hatch found his greatest fulfillment from a combination of teaching, making art, and being deeply involved with his community as an art historian and as an environmentalist. Hatch’s work can be seen in numerous public collections, including: the Addison Gallery of American Art; DeCordova Museum; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; State of New Hampshire's Living Treasures Collection, and the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. John Woodsum Hatch, New Hampshire's 1997 Living Treasure Award recipient, died on August 6, 1998, at the age of 78. Hatch was a draftsman, an artist and a muralist. His works can be found in public and private collections throughout the region. He exhibited at the New Hampshire Art...

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1950s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fine 20th Century French Post Cubist Oil Painting The Crab & Lemon Still Life
Fine 20th Century French Post Cubist Oil Painting The Crab & Lemon Still Life

Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024)Fine 20th Century French Post Cubist Oil Painting The Crab & Lemon Still Life

$1,411Sale 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...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from In living memory, 1950
Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from In living memory, 1950

Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso, Untitled, from In living memory, 1950, 1950

$10,396Sale Price|20% Off

Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from In living memory, 1950

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio De memoire d'homme (In living memory), originates from the 1950 edition published...

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1950s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cello

Koji TakeiCello, 2020

$12,000

Cello

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

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2010s Cubist Art

Materials

Metal

Portrait of E.D.

Jacques VillonPortrait of E.D., 1913

$8,000

Portrait of E.D.

By Jacques Villon

Located in Chicago, IL

This impression is signed and numbered 24/25. The references for this work are: Auberty & Perussaux 191 and Ginestet & Pouillon E. 277. This is one of Jacques Villon’s gr...

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1910s Cubist Art

Materials

Drypoint

Head & Shoulders Portrait Young Man 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting
Head & Shoulders Portrait Young Man 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting

Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024)Head & Shoulders Portrait Young Man 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting

$763Sale Price|20% Off

Head & Shoulders Portrait Young Man 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Young Man by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 13 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this art...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Woman with Cello, Cubist Screenprint by Linda Le Kinff
Woman with Cello, Cubist Screenprint by Linda Le Kinff

Linda Le KinffWoman with Cello, Cubist Screenprint by Linda Le Kinff, 2002

$1,250

Woman with Cello, Cubist Screenprint by Linda Le Kinff

By Linda Le Kinff

Located in Long Island City, NY

A bright cubist screenprint of a woman seated with a cello. She wears a long red skirt and blue blouse and is posed in front of a background composed of intersecting geometric shapes. This piece is signed and numbered in pencil by the artist and is floating in an ornate burnished gold frame. Woman with Cello...

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Early 2000s Cubist Art

Materials

Screen

Cubist art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Cubist art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Pablo Picasso, (after) Pablo Picasso, Borja Guijarro, and Corne Akkers. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Lithograph and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Cubist art, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $265,000, while the average work sells for $2,400.

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