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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Joven Princesa Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Cubist Style, Signed, 2022
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by Fernando Fernandez. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reaso...
Canvas, Acrylic
Sea Affairs Mykonos Island, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 195, Cubist, 2008
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition of 195. Image size: 16.5 x 27.5 i...
Paper, Lithograph
Darja Collin – 21-09-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Art-Deco-ish This graphite pencil drawing Darja Collin - 20-09-22 follows Art Deco Nude - 16-09-22. Still Deco-ish but I decided to grant her a seri...
Pencil
Three Houses on Black, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Brian Nash
Located in Yardley, PA
your house or mine? or theirs? :: Painting :: Cubism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Sig...
Acrylic
Home Alone in the Pink and Green, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Brian Nash
Located in Yardley, PA
Come hang with us. Or hang us in your home. :: Painting :: Cubism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signe...
Acrylic
Four Times the Living Space, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Brian Nash
Located in Yardley, PA
Where do you want to live now? :: Painting :: Cubism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Sig...
Acrylic
Elegancia, Original Painting on Canvas, Cubist Style, Signed, 2018, 24x18 inches
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offe...
Canvas, Acrylic
Singer Actress Eva Tanguqy - Mexican Artist, Mexican Writer
Located in Miami, FL
Eva Tanguqy-A Strange Request, New York Evening World newspaper India ink and blue pencil on heavyweight paper 16-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches (41.9 x 26.7 cm) (each, image) Signed lower righ...
Paper, India Ink, Color Pencil
Fishing, an elegant summertime hobby., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Fishing, an elegant summertime hobby. Fishing is an elegant pastime. Go fishing, but some people go fishing with the purpose of getting fish. Aim for a quiet, comfortable, distrac...
Acrylic
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...
Acrylic
Lights to catch field crabs, summer fun for rural, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
go catching field crabs at night Right from the end of the school year, many children invite each other to follow adults to the fields to catch crabs at night. This is the joy that ...
Acrylic
A Midsummer Night's Dream ' 05-04-22, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Urgency This oil painting ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is born out of some kind of felt urgency. Never before in my life I longed for Spring and Summer in particular than thi...
Oil
Robert Marc - Untitled (9618), cubist, post cubism, french, painting, abstract
By Robert Marc
Located in London, GB
Robert Marc (French, 1943-1993) Untitled (9618) oil on canvas 20 x 60 cm (7⅞ x 23⅝ in.) signed ‘ROBERT MARC’ (lower centre) Price: £10,000 GBP Provenance: Estate of the Artist Foru...
Canvas, Oil
The Town Crier II painting from Africa, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Angu Walters
Located in Yardley, PA
Here is a painting of an African musician singing and playing drums in warm tropical colors. The artist is Angu Walters of Cameroon, Central Africa. T...
Acrylic
$3,500
Study for Batavia (The Woodcutters)
By Serge Ferat (Sergei Nicolaevitch Comte de Jastrebtsov)
Located in London, GB
SERGE FERAT 1881-1958 (Le Comte Sergueï Yastrebzov) Moscow 1881-1958 Paris (Russian/French) Title: Study for Batavia (The Woodcutters), circa 1926 Technique: Original Pencil Drawin...
Pencil
$1,250
Here on Planet Earth, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 195, Cubist, 2009
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition of 195. Image size: 27.5 x 16.5 i...
Paper, Lithograph
$900
Ayudando La Mano, Original Cubist Style Painting on Canvas, Signed, 2016
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers...
Canvas, Acrylic
Adolescence The Inevitable Maze, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 195, Cubist
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition of 195. Image size: 27.5 x 20.75 ...
Paper, Lithograph
$1,250
The Intricacies Of Self, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 195, Cubist, 2009
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition of 195. Image size: 27.5 x 16.5 i...
Paper, Lithograph
Bathing Nudes, 20th Century Signed French Painting, Cubist Inspired
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed lower left Circa 1930 Image size: 41 x 34 inches (104 x 86 cm) Framed
Canvas, Oil
"The Compromise" Painting 24" x 24" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Compromise" Painting 24" x 24" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad Acrylic and Oil on Canvas Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “a reflection of...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
The Burning Castle
By Stefan Hirsch
Located in Miami, FL
Exhibited: The North Carolina Museum of Art , October, 1967 Exhibited: November 5th to December 4, 1977 Titled: Study for Gomorrah, 1944 His work is in the collections of: Philli...
Oil
"Summer of '99" Painting 43" x 26" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Summer of '99" Painting 43" x 26" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad Medium: acrylic on wood Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “a reflection of th...
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
A form driven from a rectangular solid
By Sol LeWitt
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Sol Lewitt "A form driven from a rectangular solid" Year: 1.992 Woodcut on Japanese paper copy 19/75 Signed and justified by hand Print run of 75 copies. 57,5 x 77 cm.
Woodcut
Touchdown, Early Football Player being tacked
Located in Miami, FL
Provenance: Illustration House, New York, Framed in a simple and modest metal frame. This is a brillant post-Cubist work by Dutch-American illustrator Charles Verschuuren...
Gouache
Cubist Sculpture by Julio González, Petit masque découpé Montserrat
Located in Madrid, ES
JULIO GONZÁLEZ (1876-1942) "Petit masque découpé Montserrat" signed, inscribed, numbered and stamped "GONZALEZ / C / 5/9 / CIRE C. VALSUANI PERDUE" (on ...
Bronze
Colorful Modernist Painting on Canvas
By Arnold Weber
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Modernist painting on canvas with a vibrant palette and a still life cityscape composition with a cubist edge. Signed by the noted artist Arnold Weber in the lower left.
Other Medium
The Painter
Located in London, GB
MARCEL GROMAIRE 1892-1971 Noyelles-sur-Sambre 1892-1971 Paris (French) Title: The Painter / Le Peintre, 1943 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbere...
Lithograph
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 ...
Paper, Chalk
Still Life with Fish and Bottle
By Jankel Adler
Located in London, GB
JANKEL ADLER 1895-1949 Lodz 1895-1949 London (Polish / British) Title: Still Life with Fish and Bottle, circa 1920's Technique: Original Signed Oil, Sand and Gouache on board...
Board, Gouache, Oil
"Rotation" by Grégoire Mathias – Charcoal and wash on Arches paper
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Rotation Charcoal and wash on Arches paper 50 x 33 cm A rhythmic charcoal and wash composition capturing the fluid rotation of four nude figures, sketched with sensitivity and raw i...
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Portrait of a Man with Hands on Table
Located in London, GB
FEDOR LOEVENSTEIN LOWENSTEIN 1901-1947 (Czech / French) Title: Portrait of a Man with Hands on Table, early 1920’s Technique: Original Hand Signed, Numbered and Titled Woodcut on thin paper Paper Size: 28 x 22 cm / 11 x 8.7 in Plate Size: 14.8 x 10 cm / 5.8 x 3.9 in Additional Information: This work is hand signed in pencil by the artist "F. Loevenstein" at the lower right margin. It is also tilted in Cyrillic "ИАН ИАNCON" (probably Jan Jansson) and numbered "22" in pencil at the lower left margins. This work was printed in the early 1920's in a small edition. Our impression is number 22 from the edition. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Fédor Löwenstein...
Paper
Theater Interior Design
By Serge Ferat (Sergei Nicolaevitch Comte de Jastrebtsov)
Located in London, GB
SERGE FERAT 1881-1958 (Le Comte Sergueï Yastrebzov) Moscow 1881-1958 Paris (Russian/French) Title: Theater Interior Design Technique: Original Signed Gouache Painting on paper siz...
Gouache
$2,501
Amoureuses by Grégoire Mathias — Acrylic — Bold Cubist Portrait of Two Women
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Amoureuses (Women in Love) Acrylic on Canvas 41 x 33 cm In Amoureuses, Greg Mathias delivers an emotionally charged dual portrait that merges bold modernism with raw intimacy. Two female figures emerge from a tapestry of angular lines, fragmented planes, and vibrant contrasts. Black contours define and disrupt the forms, while saturated reds, yellows, and earth tones highlight the figures' lips, hair, and eyes with almost theatrical intensity. Mathias’s Diachronic Cubism is palpable in this compact yet powerful composition. The faces appear to hold more than one emotional state or temporal expression, inviting the viewer to imagine multiple layers of affection, memory, or desire unfolding across time. The figures are both stylized and expressive—unified yet distinct—suggesting a narrative of closeness, duality, or romantic introspection. Executed in acrylic on canvas, this smaller-format work makes an immediate impact and is well-suited for collectors of contemporary figurative cubism. It’s a standout piece for those interested in bold color palettes, emotional resonance, and distinctive portraits with modern edge. Perfect for: Collectors of modern figurative cubism, lovers of expressive portraiture, and buyers seeking a compact yet high-impact artwork. Ideal for interiors emphasizing bold lines, vibrant colors, and character-driven contemporary art. Keywords: Greg Mathias, Diachronic Cubism, Modern Cubist Portrait, Contemporary French Artist, Acrylic Painting, Abstract Figurative Art, Red Lips Painting...
Canvas, Acrylic
$28,423
Quelques Heures Avec Aristote by G. Mathias – Cubist Allegory of Philosophy
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Quelques Heures avec Aristote (A few Hours with Aristotle) Diameter 109.5 cm Acrylic on canvas This remarkable circular acrylic on canvas by Grégoire Mathias masterfully captures t...
Canvas, Acrylic
Frontispiece for Planches de Salut - Cubism Polish
Located in London, GB
LOUIS MARCOUSSIS (1883-1941) (Ludwik Kazimierz Wladyslaw Markus) 1878 or 1883 Łódź, Poland – 1941, Cusset, France (Polish/French) Title: Frontispiece for Planches de Salut, 19...
Paper
The Balcony (Drawing for Plate I, Planches de Salut)
Located in London, GB
LOUIS MARCOUSSIS (1883-1941) (Ludwik Kazimierz Wladyslaw Markus) 1878 or 1883 Łódź, Poland – 1941, Cusset, France (Polish/French) Title: The Balcony (Drawing for Plate I, Plan...
Pencil
Hommage à David Bowie – Cubist Portrait in Diachronic Cubism, by Greg Mathias
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Hommage à Davide Bowie 35 x 27 cm Acrylic on canvas Hommage à David Bowie is a bold and dynamic cubist portrait paying tribute to the legendary musician. Using Diachronic Cubism,...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,250
When Sunflowers Bloom Again, Signed Cubist Lithograph, Limited Edition, 2009
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition of 195. Image size: 27.5 x 21 in....
Paper, Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Georges Braque, Untitled, from The Intimate Sketchbooks, 1955 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Georges Braque (1882-1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from Carnets Intimes de G. Braque, Verve: Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VIII, No. 3...
Lithograph
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 40, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 40 (Plate No. 40), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 39, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 39 (Plate No. 39), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 38, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 38 (Plate No. 38), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 37, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 37 (Plate No. 37), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 36, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 36 (Plate No. 36), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 35, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 35 (Plate No. 35), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 34, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 34 (Plate No. 34), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 33, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 33 (Plate No. 33), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 32, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 32 (Plate No. 32), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 31, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 31 (Plate No. 31), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 30, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 30 (Plate No. 30), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 29, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 29 (Plate No. 29), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 28, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 28 (Plate No. 28), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 27, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 27 (Plate No. 27), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 26, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 26 (Plate No. 26), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 25, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 25 (Plate No. 25), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 24, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 24 (Plate No. 24), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 23, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 23 (Plate No. 23), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 22, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 22 (Plate No. 22), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Plate No. 21, from Compositions, Colors, Ideas, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Planche No. 21 (Plate No. 21), from the folio Compositions, couleurs, idees, Sonia Delaunay (Compositio...
Lithograph, Stencil