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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
Portrait of John F. Kennedy

Portrait of John F. Kennedy

Located in Paonia, CO

Portrait of Kennedy by Cemeli is an original lithograph, limited edition number 52 out of 150 and pencil signed by the artist. Kennedy is portrayed as a sculptured multi-colored hea...

Category

1960s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Suburban Landscape
Suburban Landscape

Suburban Landscape

By Bela Kadar

Located in London, GB

This is an original ink drawing by the Hungarian artist Bela Kadar. The work is stamped with the "Bela Kadar - Deak Family" stamp at the lower right corner. Provenance: The Istvan a...

Category

20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

MidCentury Organic Shapes and Lines N-10-104 Mixed Media Canvas Painting 40x60"
MidCentury Organic Shapes and Lines N-10-104 Mixed Media Canvas Painting 40x60"

MidCentury Organic Shapes and Lines N-10-104 Mixed Media Canvas Painting 40x60"

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

Category

2010s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Horse & Rider Modern British Northern Art Manchester Salford Original Watercolor
Horse & Rider Modern British Northern Art Manchester Salford Original Watercolor

Horse & Rider Modern British Northern Art Manchester Salford Original Watercolor

By Geoffrey Key

Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

Geoffrey Key. English ( b.1941 ). Horse and Rider, 1988. Watercolor & Ink On Paper. Signed & Dated Lower Left. Image size 10 inches x 6.7 inches ( 25.5cm x 17cm ). Frame size 16.1 inches x 12.6 inches ( 41cm x 32cm ). Available for sale; this original painting is by Geoffrey Key and is dated 1988. The painting is presented and supplied in a sympathetic and contrasting contemporary frame (which is shown in these photographs) to suit the subject coloration, mounted using conservation materials and behind glass. The artwork and its presentation is in very good condition. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. The watercolor is signed and dated lower left. Geoffrey Key is a leading figure in Northern contemporary art, widely regarded as Lancashire’s greatest living artist, noted for his realism, his expressive use of bold color and his graphic, linear style. His striking works, now much in demand, have established him as a major player of post war British figurative art. Geoffrey Key was born in Rusholme, Manchester in 1941. His mother, Marion, worked as an illustrator and encouraged him to draw and he took to this easily and with great enthusiasm. He was educated at Manchester's High School of Art, whose headmaster, Ernest Goodman, established the Salford Art Club. It is fitting that many years later, after Goodman's death, its members chose Geoffrey Key as Honorary President. In 1958 Key enrolled at the Manchester Regional College of Art, where he was tutored by the sculptor Ted Roocroft and the painter Harry Rutherford, both of whom influenced him greatly. After gaining the National Diploma of Design and the Diploma of Associateship of Manchester, the latter with distinction, Key took up a postgraduate scholarship in sculpture. His academic awards include the Heywood Medal in Fine Art and the Guthrie Bond Travelling Scholarship. Geoffrey Key’s early work included an important period of development during which he concentrated on painting and drawing a specific area of the Derbyshire landscape, the Whiteley Nab hill, south of Glossop. Key created literally hundreds of images of this one landscape and later revealed that the sole purpose of this dedicated period of study, was to build upon the firm foundation established by his academic training, whilst divesting himself of the influences he had absorbed in order to arrive at his own personal artistic language. In other words, this is where he found his own style. After graduating Key worked as a teacher at Duke Street Secondary Modern in Broughton, Salford, which later became Broughton Modern. In every spare moment though he painted and his talent was quickly recognised. As the likes of Salford Art Gallery, The Rutherston Loan Collection and North West Arts began to acquire his work he made the decision to relinquish his salary and to become a full time artist. Key was elected to membership of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts in 1968 and was a prize winner in 1971. During this time he was also commissioned by three North West England based companies – Mather & Platt, Richard Johnson & Nephew, and Wilson’s Brewery. The Richard Johnson & Nephew pictures are now held by the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. In the 1980s the French company Société des Caves de Roquefort also commissioned Key’s work and further successful exhibitions were held in both the UK and abroad. In 1987 the Manchester Evening News asked Key to write an article on L. S. Lowry, who Key had known well, for a feature marking the centenary of the artist's birth. This article was accompanied by a contemporary drawing of Lowry by Key. Apart from LS Lowry, Key is arguably Lancashire’s best-known and most collected contemporary artist. Key says ‘I knew Lowry and he was a lovely...

Category

Late 20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Hombre
Hombre

Hombre

By Roberto Lisano

Located in Los Angeles, CA

ROBERTO LISANO "HOMBRE" WOOD, SIGNED COSTA RICA, DATED 1995 13 X 11.5 INCHES Roberto Lisano Born 1951 Lizano in the work of the significance of the matter is ess...

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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Wood

"Shattered Silence" - Modern Mixed Media Cubist Portrait in Gray and Earth Tones
"Shattered Silence" - Modern Mixed Media Cubist Portrait in Gray and Earth Tones

"Shattered Silence" - Modern Mixed Media Cubist Portrait in Gray and Earth Tones

By Masri Hayssam

Located in Carmel, CA

Masri Hayssam (Lebanese, born 1965) "Shattered Silence" 2003 Oil paint, acrylic paint, mixed media, canvas, stretcher bars Signed by the artist on the bottom right of the painting. ...

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Early 2000s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Original Cubist still life oil painting of a violin, French mid 20th Century
Original Cubist still life oil painting of a violin, French mid 20th Century

Original Cubist still life oil painting of a violin, French mid 20th Century

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Serra (French, 20th Century) Homage au violin Oil on canvas laid down on board Signed ‘SERRA’ (lower right) 16.7/8 x 20.7/8 in. (43 x 53 cm.)

Category

20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lassitude

Lassitude

By Jean-Emile Laboureur

Located in New York, NY

Jean-Emile Laboureur, Lassitude, 1912, woodcut, signed and numbered (24/35) in pencil. Reference: Sylvain Laboureur 682, third state (of 3). From the edition of about 35, published b...

Category

1910s Cubist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Cards and Chips

Cards and Chips

Located in Los Angeles, CA

We are pleased to offer three works by this artist JANET SNITKOVSKY "HOLDING MASKS" 36 X 36 INCHES OIL PASTEL ON CANVAS Janet Snitkovsky Janet Snitkovsky was born in Chernyakhiv, Ukraine in 1934 and began doing art as a child, but her creativity was temporarily stopped by WWII. After the war, she began her artistic pursiut in high school and eventually enrolled in L’viv Art...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel

Mother and Child, Cubist Lithograph by Jan Van Raay
Mother and Child, Cubist Lithograph by Jan Van Raay

Mother and Child, Cubist Lithograph by Jan Van Raay

Located in Long Island City, NY

Jan Van Raay (1942 - ) - Mother and Child, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP 50, Size: 29 x 23 in. (73.66 x 58.42 cm), Frame Size...

Category

1970s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

La Place de la Concorde
La Place de la Concorde

La Place de la Concorde

By Robert Delaunay

Located in Fairlawn, OH

La Place de la Concorde Depicts La Place d la Concorde, Tour Eiffel and Sacre-Couer on Montmarte Hill in the back left Lithograph, 1926 Unsigned. as issued From the book edition, Jos...

Category

1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Caupolicán, Cubist Oil Painting on Canvas by Inimá de Paula
Caupolicán, Cubist Oil Painting on Canvas by Inimá de Paula

Caupolicán, Cubist Oil Painting on Canvas by Inimá de Paula

Located in Long Island City, NY

Inima de Paula, Brazilian (1918 - 1999) - Caupolican, Year: 1990, Medium: Oil on canvas, signed lower right, titled, signed and dated on verso, Size: 39.5 x 31.5 in. (100.33 x 8...

Category

1990s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Reclining Figure Mid Century Modern Cubist Painting C.1950s
Reclining Figure Mid Century Modern Cubist Painting C.1950s

Reclining Figure Mid Century Modern Cubist Painting C.1950s

Located in San Francisco, CA

Fantastic 1950's Cubist Oil Painting by Mystery Artist. Though undated, this is a classic 1950's painting. A reclining figure under the sun. Original cubist oil painting on masonit...

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1950s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Modern Cubist Painting w/ Figures of Children by Spurlock c.1950
Mid Century Modern Cubist Painting w/ Figures of Children by Spurlock c.1950

Mid Century Modern Cubist Painting w/ Figures of Children by Spurlock c.1950

Located in San Francisco, CA

Mid century modern figural abstract painting with a touch of cubism. Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 35 1/2" x 23 1/2". Frame dimensions 41" x 29". Very good vintage conditi...

Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman with Fan, Art Brut Lithograph by Slavko Kopac

Woman with Fan, Art Brut Lithograph by Slavko Kopac

By Slavko Kopac

Located in Long Island City, NY

Slavko Kopac was born in Croation in 1913. He was one of the founding members and curators of Art Brut (Compagnie de L'Art Brut). 1948, Compagnie de L'Art Brut is founded by Slavko K...

Category

1980s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

In Between the Shadows, Abstract Vases in Earthy colours, Framed Photograph
In Between the Shadows, Abstract Vases in Earthy colours, Framed Photograph

In Between the Shadows, Abstract Vases in Earthy colours, Framed Photograph

By Sander Vos

Located in London, GB

A serene monochrome composition where abstract shapes and lines converge in harmonious balance... The series ‘In Between the Shadows’ consists of structural and geometric photograph...

Category

2010s Cubist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Color, Monoprint, Archival Pigment

La Scoperta Della Sicilia - Original Figurative Cubist Painting on Canvas
La Scoperta Della Sicilia - Original Figurative Cubist Painting on Canvas

La Scoperta Della Sicilia - Original Figurative Cubist Painting on Canvas

By Alessandro Siviglia

Located in Los Angeles, CA

In his abstract figurative work, internationally collected artist Alessandro Siviglia deconstructs everyday objects, landscapes, and human subjects into colorful geometric shapes in ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

American Cubist Gouache & Pastel Portrait Painting of Robert Lerner Chicago 1980
American Cubist Gouache & Pastel Portrait Painting of Robert Lerner Chicago 1980

American Cubist Gouache & Pastel Portrait Painting of Robert Lerner Chicago 1980

By Michael Hurson

Located in Portland, OR

American cubist portrait painting of the American academic Michael Lerner, by the Modernist artist Michael Hurson (1941-2007). This whimsical portrait is painted in the cubist style ...

Category

1980s Cubist Art

Materials

Pastel, Paper, Gouache, Charcoal, Pencil

Two Sisters
Two Sisters

Two Sisters

By Kenneth B Walsh

Located in East Hampton, NY

Two Sisters Casein Paint Varnish Comes framed About the Artist: Kenneth B Walsh (1922-1980) In the 1950s, Kenneth Bonar Walsh came to Montauk from New Yo...

Category

1970s Cubist Art

Materials

Varnish, Casein

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.