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.
Find a collection of authentic Cubist paintings, prints and multiples, sculptures and more art on 1stDibs.
Nicolas Poliakoff (1899–1976) Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
Nicolas Poliakoff (1899–1976) A stylish Cubist study of a reclining nude, signed and dated 1956. The simplified, geometric treatment of the figure re...
Oil
Pablo Picasso lithograph, 1954, unsigned, framed, Le Ballet
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Le Ballet Medium: Lithograph Date: 1954 Edition: 10,000 Framed Size: 20 1/4" x 16 3/4" Sheet Size: 12 1/2" x 8 3/4" Signature: Signed in the stone Refere...
Lithograph
$1,510Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Interior Salon Bureau Desk & Chair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant Interior Room with Bureau Desk and Rococo style chair by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 25.5 x 20 inches Provenanc...
Oil
$920Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th-Century French Cubist Portrait Reclining Posed Nude Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Abstract by Therese Hummel (French, 1911-1999) oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 10.75 x 14 inches Provenance: private collection of this artists work, Paris Condition: sound and...
Oil
$1,943Sale 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
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
L'Amour nous Annule - Lithograph after Fernand Léger - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized by Léger in 1952, from the Suite "Souce Entière". Very rare, belonging to an edition of 28. Ref. Saphire 123
Lithograph
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
$1,456Sale Price|20% Off
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
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
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
$1,732Sale 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
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Fernand Leger (1881–1955) Title: Untitled (Sans titre) Year: October 5, 1950 Medium: Lithograph on velin d'Arches paper Paper Size: 16.63 x 12.69 inches (42.24 x 32.23 cm) Co...
Lithograph
Femme au Chapeau, Cubist Lithograph Portrait After Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wearing a hat, the woman is represented with a series of black and white shapes that surve alongside one another. Accented by a mustard yellow, the portrait features different persp...
Lithograph
$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
Mid 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Still Life Tea & Saucer Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Table Interior Still Life signed by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 32 x 39.5 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have...
Oil
L'Etreinte II Etching by Picasso, Cubist Style, Signed, Edition 37/50
Located in Roma, IT
Edition 37 of 50 prints, numbered and hand signed. Image dimensions: 43x58 cm. Wonderful proof on vélin in full margins, numbered lower left and signed lower right in pencil. Realize...
Etching, Aquatint
Russian Cubist Portrait of a Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful cubist portrait of a woman by unknown Russian artist. Oil on canvas measures 17 x 25 inches. Signed and dated lower right. Label fragments affixed on verso.
Canvas, Oil
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Fernand Leger (1881–1955) Title: Untitled (Sans titre) Year: October 5, 1950 Medium: Lithograph on velin d'Arches paper Paper Size: 16.63 x 12.69 inches (42.24 x 32.23 cm) Co...
Lithograph
Benjamin Benno, Paris, 1938, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, Expatriot, Cubist
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Benjamin Benno (1901-1980) Untitled (Cubist Composition) Pen and ink on paper, 1938 Signed, dated, and copyrighted by the artist (see photo) Inscribed verso: BG Benno/9 rue Compagne ...
Ink
Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 1967. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Signed, dated and titled lower center. Excellent condition. Unframed. Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1911, Joe Kardonne...
Watercolor
Portrait d’Homme, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
This fragmented portrait of a painter by Pablo Picasso features bright, bold colors and relies on visible brushstrokes to show the figure of the man instead of the geometric shapes a...
Lithograph
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Signed American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive signed 1967 abstract landscape. Appears to be an abstract coastal scene. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
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
"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
$1,294Sale Price|20% Off
Very Large Mid Century French Cubist Abstract Oil Painting - Color & Shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century Title:cubist / abstract composition Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed. canvas: 23.75 x 47.25 inches Provenance: private...
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Man - Mid 20th Century Greek Cubist Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb mid 20th century Greek cubist oil on board portrait of man with a moustache wearing a blue suit and tie. The work is signed lower left and dated 1970 lower right. Very inter...
Oil, Board
Vintage American Modernist Interior Still Life Cubist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Handsomely framed in modernist wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
Canterbury Bells Floral Still Life, Female Cubist Artist, Cleveland School
By Clara Deike
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clara Deike (American, 1881-1965) Canterbury Bells, c. 1932 Oil on canvas 26 x 24 inches 31.25 x 29.5 inches, framed Exhibited: The Women's Art Club of Cleveland, 1932 A graduate of...
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
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
Picasso 'Jacqueline at the Easel' Cubism First Edition 1978
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Offset lithograph on heavy paper, published by Pace Columbus in the 1970s. This work depicts Jacqueline at the Easel, one of Pablo Picasso’s intimate portrayals of his beloved muse a...
Offset
$2,274Sale Price|30% Off
Nude Woman at Home, Oil on Paper, Cubist Style, Signed, 1969, Framed
Located in London, GB
'Nude Woman at Home', oil on fine paper (1969), by Raymond Debiève. In a clear nod to Picasso's influence both stylistically and in terms of subject matter (Picasso painted many work...
Paper, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Signed Cubist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in thin modernist wood molding. Excel...
Canvas, Oil
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Fernand Leger (1881–1955) Title: Untitled (Sans titre) Year: October 5, 1950 Medium: Lithograph on velin d'Arches paper Paper Size: 16.63 x 12.69 inches (42.24 x 32.23 cm) Co...
Lithograph
San Lazzaro, Cubist Lithograph Composition by Alberto Magnelli
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: after Alberto Magnelli, Italian (1888 - 1971) Title: San Lazzaro Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Edition: 400/575 Paper Size: 14...
Lithograph
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
$5,786Sale Price|43% Off
Women in Deckchairs, Cubist Oil on Canvas, Signed, 1960s, Framed
Located in London, GB
'Women in Deckchairs', oil on canvas, by Camille Hilaire (circa 1960s). Folding wooden chairs with woven or cane seats and backs, of the type now...
Canvas, Oil
$2,103Sale Price|20% Off
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
Sleeping Muse (Madame Pogany) - Original signed Poster
By Constantin Brancusi
Located in Paris, IDF
Constantin BRANCUSI (1876-1975) Sleeping Muse (Madame Pogany), 1995 Original vintage poster Signed in the plate On paper, 70 x 50 cm (27.5 x 19.7 in.) INFORMATION: Original vintage...
Offset
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
Tauromachie, Cubist Lithograph by Oscar Dominguez
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oscar Dominguez, Spanish (1906 - 1957) - Tauromachie, Year: 1950, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 99/200, Image Size: 19 x 12.75 inches, Size:...
Lithograph
$200Sale Price|20% Off
1972 Pablo Picasso 'Galerie Felix Vercel' Vintage Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portrait of a Harlequin is a striking aquatint poster created for Galerie Félix Vercel in 1972. This poster is part of a series of aquatints presented by the gallery, showcasing Pica...
Offset
$280Sale Price|20% Off
Picasso 'Palais des Papes, Tete de Femme' Lithograph Mourlot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
First edition exhibition poster/lithograph published for the Festival D’Avignon. Featuring a striking image originally used in a poster created by Pablo Picasso in 1964, titled "Le C...
Lithograph
$958Sale 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
Georges Braque, Study of Birds, from Le Solitaire, XXe siecle, 1959 (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Georges Braque (1882–1963) (after) Title: Study of Birds (Etude oiseaux) Year: 1959 Medium: Lithograph and pochoir on velin d’Arches paper Paper Size: 7.25 x 9.375 inches (18...
Lithograph, Stencil
L'Esercito - Original Colorful Abstract Figurative Cubist Mixed Media Artwork
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 ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Georges Braque, "Vase de Fleurs Jaunes", aquatint in colors, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Georges Braque Vase de Fleurs Jaunes (Vase of Yellow Flowers) Aquatint in colors on BFK Rives paper Hand signed and signed in plate, numbered 190/300 from an edition of 300. Blind st...
Etching
$1,294Sale Price|20% Off
Fine 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Young & Old Nuns Portraits
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Young and Old 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 artist have c...
Oil
Maquette pour la Création du Monde - Lithograph after Fernand Léger - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized after Fernand Léger in 1959, on Moulin Richard de Bas paper. Monogrammed in the plate. It belongs to the suite "Contrastes", printed by Daniel Jacomet and publi...
Lithograph
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
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Fernand Leger (1881–1955) Title: Untitled (Sans titre) Year: October 5, 1950 Medium: Lithograph on velin d'Arches paper Paper Size: 16.63 x 12.69 inches (42.24 x 32.23 cm) Co...
Lithograph
$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
Derniers Messages, Cubist Lithograph by Georges Braque
Located in Long Island City, NY
Georges Braque, French (1882 - 1963) - Derniers Messages, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Lithograph, Image Size: 23.5 x 17 inches, Frame Size: 28 x 19.5 inches
Lithograph
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
$2,370Sale Price|20% Off
Profil Grec - original modern lithograph by classical modernist Georges Braque
Located in Schierensee, SH
"Profil Grec" is a color lithograph by famous French cubist artist Georges Braque, around 1962. This color lithograph on Veélin-Arches is from the editor Armand Israel and a limited...
Paper, Lithograph
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Signed Cubist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in thin modernist wood molding. Excel...
Oil, Canvas
$541Sale 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
$974Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th-Century French Oil Riverside Scene with Figures Rowing and Stone Bridge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Riverside Scene signed by Therese Hummel (French, 1911-1999) oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 13 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection of this artists work, Paris Condition: so...
Oil
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