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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
Bar en Pennsylvania, 1914

Bar en Pennsylvania, 1914

By Jean-Emile Laboureur

Located in New York, NY

Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Bar en Pennsylvanie, etching, 1914. Signed in pencil lower left and numbered 21/35 lower right [also signed and dated lower in the plate lower left]...

Category

1910s Cubist Art

Materials

Etching

Green Shoots
Green Shoots

Green Shoots

Located in Henley-on-Thames, England

Michael Chance (B. 1987) Green Shoots, 2021 Oil on canvas Signed lower left Titled, signed and dated verso 153.5 x 122 cm. Provenance: Michael Chance; Private Collection, United ...

Category

2010s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

The Eye, from Carmen (Plate X)

The Eye, from Carmen (Plate X)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: The Eye (Plate X) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3/16" Signed: No (signed and numbe...

Category

1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Etching

Abstract Design (Plate VI), from Carmen

Abstract Design (Plate VI), from Carmen

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Abstract Design (Plate VI) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3/16" Signed: No (signed ...

Category

1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Etching

Courtisane
Courtisane

Courtisane

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Barbizon, FR

Gravure originale tirée à 50 exemplaires, technique de l'eau-forte, numérotée et signée au crayon par l'artiste. Encadrée avec un cadre en bois et un verre musée. Numéro 35/50. Éd. d...

Category

20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Drypoint

Watercolor Painting of Cows Mid Century Modernism Signed, 1940s WILLIAM C GRAUER
Watercolor Painting of Cows Mid Century Modernism Signed, 1940s WILLIAM C GRAUER

Watercolor Painting of Cows Mid Century Modernism Signed, 1940s WILLIAM C GRAUER

By William C. Grauer

Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

This small 7 x 10–inch watercolor from the 1940s by Cleveland School artist William Grauer is a compact demonstration of how mid century modernism could be fused with a keen eye for ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Julie by Rene Leroy, French Cubist Figurative Painting on Carton
Julie by Rene Leroy, French Cubist Figurative Painting on Carton

Julie by Rene Leroy, French Cubist Figurative Painting on Carton

Located in Atlanta, GA

Raymond Debieve (1931-2011) Born in northern France as a twin to brother Michel Debieve (who also become an accomplished artist later in life), Raymond painted his entire life. His ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Baigneuse Nue aux Arbres (Nude Bather amidst Trees)

Baigneuse Nue aux Arbres (Nude Bather amidst Trees)

By André Derain

Located in New York, NY

Andre Derain (1880-1954), Baigneuse Nue aux Arbres (Nude Bather amidst Trees), etching and drypoint, c. 1909, signed in pencil and numbered 27/100. Reference: Adhemar 50. In very good condition, on ARCHES cream laid paper, with their watermark, with full margins, 7 x 3 3/4, the sheet 22 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches, archivally matted. A fine impression, with a subtle layering of plate tone. Derain clearly based the face in this print on the famous African Fang mask which he owned (and which influenced others who saw it in his apartment such as Picasso, e.g., in his Demoiselles d’Avignon). It is also related to a sculpture he owned, a late medieval Virgin and Child. In fact, as is argued by Jane Lee...

Category

Early 1900s Cubist Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

"Survivors" Abstract Figurative Painting 27.5" x 63" in by Tasneem El-Meshad

"Survivors" Abstract Figurative Painting 27.5" x 63" in by Tasneem El-Meshad

By Tasneem El Meshad

Located in Culver City, CA

"Survivors" Abstract Figurative Painting 27.5" x 63" in by Tasneem El-Meshad Acrylic and Oil on Canvas Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Abstract Cubist Girl on Chair - Mid 20th Century Oil by Dennis Henry Osborne
Abstract Cubist Girl on Chair - Mid 20th Century Oil by Dennis Henry Osborne

Abstract Cubist Girl on Chair - Mid 20th Century Oil by Dennis Henry Osborne

By Dennis Henry Osborne

Located in Watford, Hertfordshire

Osborne was born in Portsmouth, England in 1919 and died in 2016. He served in WW2 with the Royal Artillery and was a prisoner of war in Italy and Germany for over three years. After the war he pursued his art studies with a grant from the London County Council, and studied at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. After Camberwell, it was his affinity for Irish landscape that brought him in 1950 to live in Donegal, Ireland. In this year he exhibited in the Royal Academy. In 1952 he emigrated to Ontario, Canada with his first wife the late artist Jean Osborne, a protegy of Paul Nietsche...

Category

1960s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Desk Chair - Cubist Interior Scene in crayon on Paper
The Desk Chair - Cubist Interior Scene in crayon on Paper

The Desk Chair - Cubist Interior Scene in crayon on Paper

By Michael William Eggleston

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Paper, Conté, Wax Crayon

Dächer und Türme / Roofs and Towers
Dächer und Türme / Roofs and Towers

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 ...

Category

1970s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ethiopian Girl
Ethiopian Girl

Ethiopian Girl

By Kenneth B Walsh

Located in East Hampton, NY

Cubist Style Mid Century Color Ethiopian Girl in pink hue Comes Unframed On Stretched Canvas About the Artist: Kenneth B Walsh (1922-1980) In the 1950s, Kenneth Bonar Walsh came to...

Category

1970s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Liberté j’écris ton nom.
Liberté j’écris ton nom.

Liberté j’écris ton nom.

By Fernand Léger

Located in New York, NY

Éluard, Paul. Liberté j’écris ton nom. Paris (Seghers), [1953]. Folding broadside (leporello), with continuous color silkscreen by Fernand Léger, integrated with text, extending th...

Category

1950s Cubist Art

Materials

Screen

African Juju Society II, Painting, Oil on Canvas
African Juju Society II, Painting, Oil on Canvas

African Juju Society II, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Located in Yardley, PA

Here is a large oil painting in celebration of African juju which is a kind of voodoo. Wikipedia explains Juju so you’ll be prepared to talk about it with your guests: “Juj...

Category

2010s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Jean Cocteau - Europe's Agriculture - Original Lithograph
Jean Cocteau - Europe's Agriculture - Original Lithograph

Jean Cocteau - Europe's Agriculture - Original Lithograph

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Europe's Agriculture Signed in the stone/printed signature Dimensions: 33 x 46 cm Luxury impression from the portfolio published by Sciaky....

Category

1960s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Autumn moon, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Autumn moon, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Autumn moon, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Yardley, PA

autumn moon There is always a moon in every street, but to watch the moon, it must be Autumn. Even now the moonlight has been bullied by the high-pressure light, but even on the day...

Category

2010s Cubist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Still Life with Guitar on Gueridon - Oil Painting Russian Cubism French
Still Life with Guitar on Gueridon - Oil Painting Russian Cubism French

Still Life with Guitar on Gueridon - Oil Painting Russian Cubism French

This is an Original Painting by the artist Serge Ferat. The work is signed by the artist "S.Ferat" at the lower left corner of the canvas Condition: Good condition. Unexamined outs...

Category

1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Le Sofa by Grégoire Mathias – Rhythmic Nude Forms in Chalk on Grey Board
Le Sofa by Grégoire Mathias – Rhythmic Nude Forms in Chalk on Grey Board

Le Sofa by Grégoire Mathias – Rhythmic Nude Forms in Chalk on Grey Board

Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR

Le Sofa (The Couch) Black and white chalk on grey board 23.9 x 33 cm This expressive drawing by Grégoire Mathias features a sequence of intertwined nude forms flowing in and out of ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Modern American Gothic
Modern American Gothic

Modern American Gothic

By Kenneth B Walsh

Located in East Hampton, NY

A Modern Take on American Gothic by Grant Wood Cubism Style Post Modern 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

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

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

Dragonfly in my garden, , Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Dragonfly in my garden, , Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Dragonfly in my garden, , Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Yardley, PA

Dragonfly in my garden Every afternoon when I come home from school, I invite my friends to the field behind the house to catch dragonflies. Colorful dragonflies flutter around, som...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Acrylic

The waitress. Three quarter portrait.  Contemporary Cubist style. Oil paint
The waitress. Three quarter portrait.  Contemporary Cubist style. Oil paint

The waitress. Three quarter portrait. Contemporary Cubist style. Oil paint

Located in Segovia, ES

The waitress. Oil on canvas, three quarter portrait of a beautiful waitress. Cubist style Measurements in centimeters: 122 x 48 x 2 cm / Framed: 152 x 78 x 4 cm. In Inches: 48.03 x 18.9 x 0.79 " Framed: 59.84 x 30.71 x 1.57 " Original three-quarter close-up of the surprised model at work, with the carefree and seductive air of young and happy waitresses at work. The painting is harmonious in its rich shades of blue, white, grey and violet, combined with muted, earthy tones and tints of ocher flesh. The flattened perspectives, the fractured surfaces and the graphic stylizations refer to the cubism of Picasso and Juan Gris. There are echoes of Modigliani in the treatment of his female models and we can detect an homage to Gauguin and Matisse, in his playful and sensual manipulation of color. ABOUT THE ARTIST Alfredo Roldán (Madrid- Spain, 1965) is a self-taught artist who, at the age of 22, began selling his works at street markets. In 1994 he won the award granted by the City Council of Madrid with the painting “El Baño Azul”, which now hangs in The Museum of Modern Art of Madrid. That year he began to work with the renowned British dealer...

Category

Early 2000s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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.