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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Abstracted Lithograph of The Louve Museum with E.M Pei Pyramids
By Bu King
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Lithograph of The Louve with E.M. Pei Glass Pyramids Limited edition lithograph of an abstracted urban landscape, with fractured yellow and green color fields, by Bu King (...
Paper, Ink, Aquatint, Lithograph
$3,120Sale Price|20% Off
Human Cubist Portrait 3- Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print 45x45 "
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Experience the captivating allure of "Human Cubist Portrait 3," a mesmerizing artwork that takes inspiration from the innovative and visionary style of Cubism. This vibrant and thoug...
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, C...
One Last Blues
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in Perpignan, France, in 1961. It is a region known for its Catalan culture and an area that has influenced many artists before him including Picasso, Van Gog...
Oil
1956 original poster by Fernand Léger for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Located in PARIS, FR
Fernand Léger's original 1956 poster for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, taken from a 1924 work and printed by Mourlot, is a remarkable example of art combining past and present. Fern...
Paper, Lithograph
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...
Oil
Sandycove I by Greg Mathias – Irish Coastal Village in Modern Cubism
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Sandycove I Acrylic on Canvas 46 x 38cm A fresh modern cubist view of the Irish seaside town of Sandycove, blending sharp geometry with soft Atlantic tones. This acrylic on canvas...
Canvas, Acrylic
$260Sale Price|20% Off
SERENATA DE GUITARRA Signed Lithograph, Cubist Style Woman, Music, Latin Art
By Jorge Dumas
Located in Union City, NJ
SERENATA DE GUITARRA by the South American artist Jorge Dumas(1928-1985), is an original hand drawn lithograph hand proofed and printed using traditional lithography techniques on ar...
Lithograph
Nature Morte au Journal - 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
French Mediterranean Cubist Landscape Painting, Abstracted, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Midi et Soir à Èze 65 x 54 cm Acrylic on Canvas MIDI et Soir à Èze presents an abstracted cubist village landscape depicting the hilltop village of Èze across two moments of the day...
Canvas, Acrylic
Composition No. 12
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Composition No. 12 Gouache on paper, c. 1926 Signed lower right: “Urban Weis” (see photo) Condition: Excellent Image: 16 5/8 x 10 5/8" Frame: 21 1/2 x 15 5/8" Provenance: Dudensing G...
Gouache
$480Sale Price|20% Off
Composición cubista - 1976
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte trasera y fechada del año 1976 El estado de conservación es bueno Se presenta enmarcada la obra Medidas de la obra: 70 cm. de altura ...
Oil
$380Sale Price|20% Off
American Impressionist Cityscape Framed Signed Central Park Castle Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century impressionist cityscape oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
$3,972Sale 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
$1,916Sale Price|20% Off
Georges Braque, Movement in the Oval, 1929 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Georges Braque (1882–1963), titled Le Mouvement dans l’Ovale (Movement in the Oval), from the album L'Art Cubiste, Theories et Realisation...
Lithograph, Stencil
Thomas Dembovsky (sp?), (Cubist Musician)
Located in New York, NY
This full-on view of a musician and his bass (also known as an upright bass or string bass), has an air of calm befitting the lowest-pitched bowed instrum...
Lithograph
Composition - Lithograph by Ossip Zadkine - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a lithograph realized by Ossip Zadkine stamped on the lower right. Numbered, edition 35/65 The artwork represents an abstract composition through strong strokes in...
Lithograph
$537
Coffee Doll - original portrait woman colour still life painting cubism modern
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, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pencil
$456
The Freedom of the Seas - Vintage Exhibition Catalogue after G. Braque - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
The freedom of the seas (original title: La Liberté des Mets) is a vintage exhibition catalogue realized in 1960. Mixed colored offset and lithographs realized in the occasion of th...
Lithograph, Offset
Picasso Lithographe II, 1947-1949 by Farnand Mourlot - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
This volume includes 2 original lithographs by Pablo Picasso on cover and on frontespiece. Copy on velin d'arches. Perfect conditions. Pages: 208 Edition: Monte-Carlo, Sauret Forma...
Paper
$4,076Sale Price|20% Off
Pougny, Composition, Pougny, dix linogravures originales, 1914-1920 (after)
By Jean Pougny
Located in Southampton, NY
Linocut on vélin vergé ancien paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Pougny, dix linogravures originales, 1964. Published by Au Vent d'Arle...
Linocut
Le Groupe
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Le Groupe Lithograph, 1963 Signed and numbered in pencil, lower right Edition: 75 (68/75) see photo Publisher: Erker Presse, St. Gallen blindstamp lower left. see photo From the suit...
Lithograph
$432Sale Price|20% Off
Vista de un puerto - 1990 - Óleo sobre cartulina
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
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
$3,475
Antique American Signed Cubist Cactus Still Life Framed Female Art Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American female modernist still life oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent conditio...
Oil, Board
Nude in the Garden Abstract Expressionist Original Acrylic Painting on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude in the Garden Abstract Expressionist Original Acrylic Painting on Paper Brightly colored abstract composition by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). a nude woma...
Paper, Acrylic
$2,475Sale Price|50% Off
Portrait D'Enfant (Marina Picasso Estate hand signed lithograph)
Located in Aventura, FL
Selected from the personal collection inherited by Marina Picasso, Pablo Picasso's granddaughter. After Pablo Picasso's death, his granddaughter Marina authorized the printing of t...
Paper, Lithograph
$3,120Sale Price|20% Off
Man Cubist Portrait - Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print 45x45 "
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Man Cubist Portrait - Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print" Step into the mesmerizing world of "Man Cubist Portrait," a limited edition textured canvas print that redefines artist...
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, C...
$4,076Sale Price|20% Off
Pougny, Composition, Pougny, dix linogravures originales, 1914-1920 (after)
By Jean Pougny
Located in Southampton, NY
Linocut on vélin vergé ancien paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Pougny, dix linogravures originales, 1964. Published by Au Vent d'Arle...
Linocut
$4,600Sale Price|20% Off
French Cubist mid century 1950s Portrait of a young girl
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful French mid-20th-century portrait of a young girl holding her hand up. The artist was a highly talented painter in the Cubist style. He painted interiors, portraits, and la...
Oil
$3,034
Woman with Jug-original figurative cubism still life painting-contemporary Art
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
Cubist Faces in the Style of Picasso's One Line Portraits - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Cubist Faces in the Style of Picasso's One Line Portraits - Acrylic on Canvas Bright abstracted faces by an unknown artist. Two faces are painted with a minimal number of lines, in ...
Canvas, Acrylic
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...
Lithograph
Picasso-Bouteille et Vitre, Mid Century Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dans l’Atelier de Picasso. Original page from the portfolio, executed as a stone lithograph after Picasso (d’après Deschamps), printed and published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris. The sh...
Lithograph
$4,076Sale Price|20% Off
Pougny, Composition, Pougny, dix linogravures originales, 1914-1920 (after)
By Jean Pougny
Located in Southampton, NY
Linocut on vélin vergé ancien paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Pougny, dix linogravures originales, 1964. Published by Au Vent d'Arle...
Linocut
Dächer und Türme / Roofs and Towers
By Helmut Verch
Located in Wien, 9
Helmut Verch (1923-2002) was born in Berlin in 1923 and worked as a painter and graphic artist. In the 1940s, after his release from Russian captivity, he received artistic training ...
Canvas, Oil
Abstracted Cubist Cat Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored abstract portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). An abstracted figure is depicted as having a cat-like eye and sharp teeth, but the exact fea...
Paper, Oil Pastel
$3,700
Still Life with Lemons, Cubist Oil on Board Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Still Life with Lemons (43) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board, not signed Size: 15.5 in. x 15 in. (39.37 cm x 38.1 cm) Frame Size: 17 x 17 inches
Oil, Board
A large, Cubist 20th Century oil painting of two nudes
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Maurice Lasnier (French, 1922 – 2006) Deux grandes nues cubisantes Oil on board Signed on the reverse under the backboard 38.1/4 x 25.5/8 in....
Oil, Board
In Between the Shadows #6, Medium Large Photographic Collage Print, Framed
By Sander Vos
Located in London, GB
Dynamic forms crafted in stone explore the interplay of surface texture and geometric abstraction... Elegant shadows play across sculptural forms revealing curves and angles in monoc...
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Color, Archival Pigment
Seascape, Geometric Figure #2
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: David Fox (American, 1920-2011) Title: Seascape, Geometric Figure #2 Year: c.2000 Medium: Acrylic on paper Paper: Watercolor paper Image size: 10 x 8 inches Paper ...
Acrylic
A Fluor - original cubism figurative portrait painting-contemporary Art
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, Acrylic
$3,500
La Louche, Cubist Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas by Saint-Maur
Located in Long Island City, NY
Saint-Maur, French (1906 - 1979) - La Louche, Year: circa 1950, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left and titled on verso, Size: 13 x 22 in. (33.02 x 55.88 cm), Frame Size: 1...
Oil
Maternite, Signed Cubist Etching by Jacques Villon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jacques Villon, French (1875 - 1963) Title: Maternite Year: 1952 Medium: Etching, signed in pencil Edition: 75 (un-numbered) Image Size: 11 x 7.5 inches Size: 16 x 13 in. (40...
Etching
A Serene Cubist Industrial Site
Located in San Francisco, CA
Only an artist (or a stockholder) could see the beauty in a cobbled-together industrial complex. Rendered by artist N. Robins in muted golds and greens, a typical hodgepodge of struc...
Masonite, Oil
$2,495
"Homage to Michelangelo" Modern Teal & Grey Tone Figurative Abstract Lithograph
By Horst Antes
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative lithograph by German artist Horst Antes. The work features a Cubist inspired figure with abstracted facial features set against a teal background. This wor...
Lithograph
Still Life by Window, Cubist Oil Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Still Life by Window (14) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Canvas, unsigned Size: 16 in. x 20 in. (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet - Lithograph for Revue "Verve" by Georges Braque - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 30.5 x 20 cm. Bouquet is a beautiful colored lithograph on paper, realized by the Cubist artist, Georges Braque (Argenteuil, 1882 – Paris, 1963). Unsigned. From “Carnets Intimes” realized in 1955. Printed by Mourlot and published in the Revue Verve...
Lithograph
The Desk Chair - Cubist Interior Scene in crayon on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored interior scene with a green chair by an Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). An interior of room is depicted at a skewed angle, with bold, bright shapes. At the front of the composition is a bright green round chair...
Paper, Conté, Wax Crayon
Pablo Picasso Etching, 1949, Carmen XXXIII, Monogram "L" with Landscape
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Monogram "L" with Landscape (Plate XXXIII) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3/16" Sig...
Etching
The Convalescent On The Road - Original woodcut - 1919
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Emile LABOUREUR The Convalescent On The Road, 1929 Original wood engraving Printed signature in the plate Limited editions of 400 copies On vellum Arches 21 x 24 cm (c. 8 x 9 i...
Woodcut
Untitled - Drawing by Ossip Zadkine - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a drawing realized by Ossip Zadkine (1890 - 1967), in 1946. Mixed media on paper. 45.50 x 61.70 cm. Signature and year lower right. Work archived at The Zadkine Resea...
Mixed Media
Untitled - Lithograph by Ossip Zadkine - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an artwork realized by Ossip Zadkine in the mid-20th Century. Lithograph, 50 x 65 cm, no frame. Numbering (copy 29 / 65) in pencil in the front. Blind stamp Atelier ...
Lithograph
Vase De Fleurs Jaune
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork is an original color etching with aquatint by artist Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963). Titled Vase De Fleurs Jaune, created in 1958, hand signed in pencil by the artis...
Etching
Abstract - Lithograph by Ossip Zadkine - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition of 150 (140/150). Very good condition.
Lithograph
$7,900
Religious Scene with Sword, Cubist Oil on Board Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Religious Scene with Sword (27) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: 1965 Oil on Board, signed lower right Size: 15 in. x 31 in. (38.1 cm x 78.74 cm)
Oil, Board
Abstract 1, 70's - gouache on paper glued on canvas, 75x110 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
gouache on paper maroufflé on canvas. not framed. *Paul Rigoulet, peintre abstract français, né en 1924 à Samöens (Haute-Savoie). Il fait ses études à l'école nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, atelier Jean Souverbie...
Gouache
$10,688
Deux Minutes – Modern Cubist Interior Portrait, Acrylic on Canvas, 92 x 60cm
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Deux Minutes (Two Minutes) Acrylic on Canvas 92 x 60 cm In Deux Minutes, Grégoire Mathias captures a deeply personal and intimate interior scene, depicting his wife in her modestly ...
Canvas, Acrylic