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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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
Couple at the Table with Flowers - Hungarian Futurism Cubism 1930s Figurative
Located in London, GB
This original pastel drawing is hand signed by the artist "Scheiber H" in the lower right image. This work was created circa 1930-1940. Provenance: Estate of the artist. David Gilad...
Paper, Pastel
"Cabin Fever 2" Bronze cast mini sculpture of a house with owl, Cubism
By Wayne Salge
Located in Edgartown, MA
The historic tradition of cast bronze provides a contemporary avenue for the creation of Wayne Salge’s abstracted human and animal figures. Thoroughly modern and distinctly impressio...
Bronze
“Serenade of Lilies” PL-0053
By Yuroz
Located in Burbank, CA
A graceful interplay of form, texture, and emotion, “Serenade of Lilies” captures the timeless beauty of a quiet moment. This hand-painted ceramic plate by Yuroz transforms a still l...
Ceramic
"Story Time" Painting 47" x 39" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Story Time" Painting 47" x 39" 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 the...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
In Between the Shadows, #Cubist, Custom Framed with antireflective Art Glass
Located in London, GB
Artist Name : Sander Vos Width (cm) x Height (cm): 30 x 21Year : 2021Edition : Edition of 7 + 2 AP Medium : Photography, Print Description: The series ‘In ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Color, Archival Pig...
L'ile Desert
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), L’ile Desert, etching, 1914, signed in pencil lower left and numbered lower right (33/35). Reference: Laboureur 135, only state, from the edition of...
Etching
$15,600Sale Price|20% Off
ÉCUYERES ET JONGLEUSE (BLOCH 1482)
Located in Aventura, FL
From La Série 347. Bloch 1482; Baer 1497. Etching on Rives paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the edition of 50. Published by Galerie Louis Leiris...
Paper, Etching
"Hold on to the Moment" Figurative Painting 24" x 24" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hold on to the Moment" Figurative Painting 24" x 24" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad Acrylic on Canvas Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “a ref...
Canvas, Acrylic
Brooklyn Bridge No. 6 (Swaying)
By John Marin
Located in New York, NY
John Marin (1870-1953), Brooklyn Bridge No. 6 (Swaying), 1913, Etching. Z112. Edition c. 12 (Steiglitz); 1924, unknown but small (New Republic). Signed in pencil. Signed and dated...
Etching
Rue d'Alésia, Paris, by Grégoire Mathias – Oil on Cardboard Urban Scene
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Rue d’Alésia, Paris Oil on cardboard 33 × 24 cm Signed: Verso Condition: Light surface wear consistent with oil on cardboard, enhancing the artwork’s character and immediacy In this...
Cardboard, 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
$15,000
Figures with Dancing Nude, 1964 Cubist Oil on Board Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Figures with Dancing Nude (4) by John F. Leonard, American (1921–1987) Date: 1964 Oil on Canvas, dated (unsiged) Size: 32 in. x 40 in. (81.28 cm x 101.6 cm)
Board, Oil
$13,000
Figures on Horseback, Cubist Oil on Board Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Figures on Horseback (6) by John F. Leonard, American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board (unsigned) Size: 36 in. x 38 in. (91.44 cm x 96.52 cm)
Oil, Board
Le Promenade au Phare
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Le Promenade au Phare, engraving, 1925, signed in pencil lower left and numbered lower right (24/70) [with the initial in the plate lower left]. Ref...
Engraving
Lulu - 12-07-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Something Different This graphite pencil drawing ‘Louise Brooks – 12-07-23’ is something different. That is, compared to the previous one. Up to now I used only regular refe...
Pencil
$2,512Sale Price|20% Off
Jonas et la Baleine Sculpture, Recto Verso, Signed, 1989, 37 cm
Located in CANNES, FR
Gilbert Portanier ( Cannes . 1926 ) Sculpture RECTO / VERSO année 1989 . signé . Size: 37 cm . posé sur un socle amovible sur une tige d'acier 12 x 12 cm . " En quelques mots " ...
Ceramic
$211Sale Price|30% Off
Still Life with Mandolin - Offset Poster After George Braque - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with mandolin is an original artwork realized by George Braque d'apres in 1986. Offset poster realized for the "Collection of European Master Paintings...
Offset
$9,500
Standing Nude with Sun, Signed Cubist Oil on Board Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Standing Nude with Sun (28) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: 1957 Oil on Board, signed Size: 21.5 in. x 26 in. (54.61 cm x 66.04 cm)
Oil, Board
$5,900
Figure with Hands Raised, Cubist Oil on Board Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Figure with Hands Raised (33) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board, unsigned Size: 24 in. x 24 in. (60.96 cm x 60.96 cm)
Oil, Board
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
28.11.57 from A même la pierre - Lithograph after Pablo Picasso - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
28.11.57 is a colored lithograph realized by Pablo Picasso The artwork is from A même la pierre, Fernand Mourlot Lithographe, Pierre Bordas & Fils, ...
Lithograph
Composition - Lithograph after George Braque - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a colored lithograph realized after George Braque by Atelier Mourlot.. The artwork is from A même la pierre, Fernand Mourlot Lithogra...
Lithograph
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...
Canvas, Oil Pastel
In Between the Shadows
Located in London, GB
The series ‘In Between the Shadows’ consists of structural and geometric photographs that take their inspiration from the cubist movement. The works aim to challenge the conventional perception of depth within the medium of photography by showing different viewpoints at the same time and within the same space. The chiaroscuro lighting embraces shadows and light as juxta- positional tools to deconstruct familiar objects and transform them into surreal compositions. Sander Vos...
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment
Autograph Letters Signed by Ossip Zadkine to Nesto Jacometti - 1946 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Correspondance is a lot of 2 Autograph Letters Signed by Ossip Zadkine to Nesto Jacometti, written in French, 1946-47. A.L.S. Les Argues par Cazals, France, 1946. Two pages. A.L.S....
Paper, Ink
$4,951
Concert dans l'Atelier by Greg Mathias – Cubist Music Composition in Greyscale
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Concert dans l'Atelier (Concert in the Studio) Acrylic on Canvas 55.5 x 46 cm A layered cubist scene by Greg Mathias, Concert dans l’Atelier captures the energy of a musical moment ...
Canvas, 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
William by Raymond Debieve, 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 ...
Mixed Media, Cardboard
Composition - Original Lithograph after F. Léger - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Quartier de Boef is an original lithograph on paper realized after Fernand Léger (1881-1955). Very good conditions except for some little foxings. Sheet dimension: 30 x 24 On both...
Lithograph
IMAGE - The Gloves - Original Lithograph after F. Léger - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The gloves is an original lithograph on paper realized by Fernand Léger (1881-1955). Very good conditions except for some little foxings. Sheet dimension: 21.5 x 30.5 The artwork ...
Lithograph
Cin Cin - Etching by G. I Brook - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cin Cin is an original etching artwork realized by G. I Brook, Signed on the plate. In very good condition. Included a White Passepartout: 49 x 34 cm. The a...
Etching
Cubist Abstract VI, Contemporary Oil Painting by Female Artist Miriam Bromberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Cubist Abstract VI Miriam Bromberg Oil on Canvas, unsigned Size: 24 x 40 in. (60.96 x 101.6 cm) Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Oil
$10,870
Landscape with Women's Figures - Cubist Art Red Black Yellow White Green Blue
Located in Sofia, BG
"Landscape with women's figures" is an cubist and abstract painting by the Armenian-Bulgarian artist Maestro Arshak Nersisyan. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Im...
Canvas, Oil
Le Petit Équilibriste
Located in London, GB
JACQUES VILLON 1875-1963 (Gaston Duchamp) Damville 1875-1963 Paris (French) Title: Le Petit Équilibriste, 1914 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching with full m...
Le Guitariste - Original Etching by Ossip Zadkine - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Rare and beautiful etching on lithographic base by Ossip Zadkine, realized in 1966. Hand signed. One of 100 numbered copies on a global edition of 135 which includes also 10 artist'...
Etching
Jeune Fille au Chapeau Blanc
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Jeune Fille au Chapeau Blanc, 1921, etching and engraving. Reference: S. Laboureur 223, third state (of 3), edition of 30, about 47 impressions pull...
Engraving, Etching
Paysage au Tunnel
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Paysage au Tunnel, etching, 1920, signed in pencil lower left, numbered (19/55 ep) lower right and also titled lower left edge. Reference: Sylvain L...
Etching
Chasseurs de Lion (The Lion Hunters)
Located in New York, NY
Charles Dufresne (1876-1938), Chasseurs de Lion (The Lion Hunters), etching, aquatint and drypoint, 1921, signed in pencil lower right and numbered (40/40) lower left [also signed in the plate lower center]. Reference: Thomas Dufresne 39. In very good condition, with full margins, on an ivory/tan laid Arches paper, with a (partial) Arches watermark. 11 3/4 x 14 7/8k, the sheet 14 5/8 x 21 3/4 inches. Published by Editions Sagot, with the blindstamp of Edmund Sagot Lugt 2254) bottom margin. A fine rich impression, printed in a brownish/black ink, with substantial drypoint burr. The Lion Hunters is a tour de force of printmaking. Dufresne skillfully utilizes a range of techniques including etching, drypoint, aquatint and perhaps even soft-ground etching. Dufresne’s stunning composition in The Lion Hunters of course shows the influence of both cubism and Parisian School – after all he was born in France and studied at the Edole des Beaux Arts – but it also shows the influence of the years he spent in Africa, and his origins as part of a seafaring family. In 1910 he won the Prix de l’Afrique du Nord...
Drypoint, Aquatint
Women Picking Fruit - Cubist Art Red Black Yellow White Green Blue
Located in Sofia, BG
"Women picking fruit" is an cubist and abstract painting by the Armenian-Bulgarian artist Maestro Arshak Nersisyan. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist...
Canvas, Oil
"Le Pacte".
Located in New York, NY
"Le Pacte", Paris: Editions Forcade, 1930. In Gold Leaf Frame. Original etching printed in black ink on japon. Hand signed with artist’s monogram lower left, an impression of the f...
Etching
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
"Waves of Life" Painting 28" x 20" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Waves of Life" Painting 28" x 20" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad Acrylic on wood Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “a reflection of the chaoti...
Wood, Acrylic
The Workshop - Picasso - Etching and Aquatint - 1927
Located in London, GB
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973 Málaga 1881- 1973 Mougins (Spanish) Title: The Workshop L’atelier, 1927 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching on Wove Paper Paper size: 47...
Etching
$14,493
Preparation - Abstract Cubist Art Red Black Yellow White Green Blue Lilac
Located in Sofia, BG
"Preparation" is an cubist and abstract painting by the Armenian-Bulgarian artist Maestro Arshak Nersisyan. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist, Contem...
Canvas, Oil
1950’s CubisM abstract Flag Arrangements
Located in New York, NY
1950’s Cubist abstract arrangements of flags by Edward August Landon (1911 - 1984). Acrylic/oil on board, signed lower right Landon. Housed in the original frame. Overall with fra...
Acrylic
$6,500
"Guitar Player, " Carved Limestone signed by Maureen Bergquist Gray
By Maureen Bergquist Gray
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Guitar Player" is a limestone sculpture by Maureen Bergquist Gray. Much like the cubists in the early 20th century, Maureen abstracts the figure of a guitar player into simple shape...
Limestone
A Cubist Abstract Painting, "Shape Shifter"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one-of-a-kind original cubist painting by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. Its dimensions are 18"x24"x1.5". It is unframed. A Certificate of Authenticity will follow ...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
An Abstract Figurative Painting, "Oracle"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one-of-a-kind original cubist painting by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. Its dimensions are 30"x40"x1.5". It is unframed. A Certificate of Authenticity will follow ...
Acrylic
A Cubist Abstract Portrait, "Ready for a Kiss"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one-of-a-kind original abstract cubist portrait by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. Its dimensions are 16"x20"x1.5". It is unframed. A Certificate of Authenticity wil...
Acrylic
A Cubist Abstract Portrait, "Nutritional Values"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one-of-a-kind original cubist portrait by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. Its dimensions are 20"x24"x1.5". It is unframed. A Certificate of Authenticity will follow ...
Acrylic
A Cubist Abstract Portrait, "Justice"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one-of-a-kind original cubist painting by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. Its dimensions are 20"x24"x1.5". It is unframed. A Certificate of Authenticity will follow ...
Acrylic
A Cubist Abstract Portrait, "Catfishing"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one-of-a-kind original cubist painting by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. Its dimensions are 24"x30"x1.5". It is unframed. A Certificate of Authenticity will follow ...
Acrylic
A Cubist Portrait "An Idealist"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one-of-a-kind original cubist painting by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. Its dimensions are 24"x36"x1.5". It is unframed. A Certificate of Authenticity will follow ...
Acrylic
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...
Wood
"Nu Recomposé" by Grégoire Mathias – Cubist Assemblage in Extruded Polymer
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Nu Recomposé (Recomposed Nude) Assemblage in Extruded Polymer 40 x 40 cm Description: Nu Recomposé by Grégoire Mathias is a striking cubist sculpture that reinterprets the human for...
Polymer
$1,837Sale Price|25% Off
MAGIC MAN
By Max Papart
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on paper. Hand signed and numbered by Max Papart. Image size 39 x 31 inches. Sheet size 47.25 x 35.75 inches. Frame size approx 51 x 42 inches. Edition of 15...
Paper, Lithograph
Night's Walk - Cubist Art Black White Green Blue Lilac
Located in Sofia, BG
"Woman's figure" is an cubist and abstract painting by the Armenian-Bulgarian artist Maestro Arshak Nersisyan. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist, Con...
Canvas, Oil
"Time Travel" Painting 53" x 47" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Time Travel" Painting 53" x 47" 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 th...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Pablo Picasso (after) Helene Chez Archimede - Wood Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pablo Picasso (after) Helene Chez Archimede Medium: engraved on wood by Georges Aubert Dimensions: 44 x 33 cm Portfolio: Helen Chez Archimede Year: 1955 Edition: 240 (Here it is on...
Engraving