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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
Dynamo (Framed Mid-Century Modern Cubism Painting)
Dynamo (Framed Mid-Century Modern Cubism Painting)

Dynamo (Framed Mid-Century Modern Cubism Painting)

Located in New Orleans, LA

Lech Ostrokow was a Polish painter who, like many artists in the mid-century, picked up the thread of Cubism and created a resurgence of the style. There is a bit of Futurism here as...

Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Reina (large original painting on canvas)

Reina (large original painting on canvas)

By Fernando Fernandez

Located in Aventura, FL

Original painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by Fernando Fernandez. Canvas size 36 x 24 inches. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Frame has some minor...

Category

2010s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

CRIADA Y GATO
CRIADA Y GATO

Jesus FuertesCRIADA Y GATO, 1992

$11,960Sale Price|20% Off

CRIADA Y GATO

By Jesus Fuertes

Located in Aventura, FL

Original painting. Hand signed and dated by the artist. Canvas size 45 x 33 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Frame size is approx. 52 x 44 inches. Please note the frame has som...

Category

1990s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

The Small Mechanical Workshop
The Small Mechanical Workshop

The Small Mechanical Workshop

Located in London, GB

JACQUES VILLON 1875-1963 (Gaston Duchamp) Damville 1875-1963 Paris (French) Title: The Small Mechanical Workshop Le petit atelier de mécanique, 1914 ...

Category

1910s Cubist Art

Materials

Etching

After Georges Braque - Antiborée - Lithograph

After Georges Braque - Antiborée - Lithograph

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Lithograph after Georges Braque. Signed in the plate Edition of 150 Dimensions: 76 x 117 cm Bibliography: « Les Métamorphoses de Braque» of Heger de Loewenfeld and Raphaël de Cuttoli , Editions FAC, Paris, 1989. In 1961 Georges Braque decided with his laidary friend Heger de Loewenfeld to pick up certain of his works to in order to create artworks, this beautiful litograph is one of them. Héméra in the Mythology: In Greek mythology Hemera was the personification of day and one of the Greek primordial deities. She is the goddess of the daytime and, according to Hesiod, the daughter of Erebus and Nyx (the goddess of night). Hemera is remarked upon in Cicero's De Natura Deorum, where it is logically determined that Dies (Hemera) must be a god, if Uranus is a god. The poet Bacchylides states that Nyx and Chronos are the parents, but Hyginus in his preface to the Fabulae mentions Chaos as the mother/father and Nyx as her sister. She was the female counterpart of her brother and consort, Aether (Light), but neither of them figured actively in myth or cult. Hyginus lists their children as Uranus, Gaia, and Thalassa (the primordial sea goddess), while Hesiod only lists Thalassa as their child. The father of Cubism Three Cubist that distinguishes art historian periods were initiated and developed by Georges Braque: The Cubist Cézanne (1907-1909), Executive (1909-1912) and synthetic (1912-1922). Post-Impressionist and fawn, Braque no longer adheres to the contingency of a decorative way or the other. Cézanne’s paintings exhibited at the Grand Palais during the retrospective of 1907 are a revelation: Cézanne sought and invented a pictorial language. In his footsteps, Braque went to the South with the reasons of the Master. He returned with Estaque landscapes and surprising Ciotat it keeps Cezanne geometric model and retains the “passages” continuity from one surface to another to create the sensation of “turning around” of the object represented. But he wants to go after the consequences of the vision of Cezanne. In his paintings Houses in L’Estaque (1908) it simplifies the volumes of houses, neglects detail by removing doors and windows: the plastic rhythm that builds the table. Large Nude , a masterpiece of the period, can be considered the first work of Cézanne cubism . Systematizing and deepening Braque discoveries open the door analytical cubism. In 1909, his painting became more cerebral than sensual. The pattern is recreated in the two-dimensionality of the canvas, leaving aside any illusionistic perspective. In Still Life with Violin, objects are analyzed facets according to their characteristic elements, each facet referring to a particular view of the object. There are so many facets of points selected view: Table reflects the knowledge of the object and the ubiquity of the eye. Moreover, Braque is looking for the essence of the objects in the world rather than their contingency, which explains the absence of light source and use of muted colors (gray, ocher), contingent aspects of the object . But formal logic has stepped facets, erased any anecdote to the object and ultimately led to his painting a hermetic more marked on the edge of abstraction (see the series of Castle Roche-Guyon ). Braque, anxious to keep the concrete and refusing at all costs that the logic of Cubism takes the paintings to abstract, reintroduced signs of reality in his paintings in 1912 marks the beginning of Synthetic Cubism. Historians speak of “signs of real” rather than reality because what interests Braque, this is not to put reality into a table, but to create a painting which, by its language, refers to the real. To do this, he invented two major techniques XX th century inclusions and contributions. The inclusions consist of painting objects that have no real depth, materials (wallpaper in Nature morte aux playing cards faux wood is a pictorial inclusion) or letters (calligraphic inclusion in Portuguese ), made first brush and a few months later stencil. Contributions are defined in contrast with the collage on canvas of foreign materials: glued or sand paper, sawdust, etc.. Regarding the collages, Braque used for the first time in September 1912 a piece of adhesive paper imitating faux wood Compote...

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1950s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"10h à Royan, by Grégoire Mathias – Modern Cubist Beach Scene
"10h à Royan, by Grégoire Mathias – Modern Cubist Beach Scene

"10h à Royan, by Grégoire Mathias – Modern Cubist Beach Scene

Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR

10h à Royan (10am in Royan) Acrylic on canvas board Dimensions (unframed): 27 x 22 cm Signed lower left Condition: Excellent, presented in a gilded wooden frame with linen inlay In 10h à Royan, Grégoire Mathias captures a serene moment of seaside life through the geometric precision and rhythmic energy that define his Diachronic Cubism. Set against the vivid blues of the Atlantic coast, a figure enjoys a quiet morning coffee as sun and sea interplay in harmonious color blocks. The composition’s strong lines and vibrant contrasts evoke both warmth and movement — the golden light of morning, the hum of conversation, and the timeless rhythm of a day beginning by the ocean. Mathias’s refined Cubist language transforms this simple scene into a layered meditation on leisure and perception, blending abstraction with recognizable forms. Executed in acrylic on canvas board and signed lower left, the painting balances structure and spontaneity, revealing the artist’s unique ability to merge classic Cubist heritage with contemporary clarity. Perfect for: Collectors of modern French Cubism and/or Mediterranean themed scenes Interior designers seeking colorful, geometric compositions for coastal or contemporary spaces Buyers looking for affordable, original works by a rising French modernist Collector's Insights Small-format works like this represent an ideal entry point into Mathias’s oeuvre. They embody his characteristic use of rhythm, structure, and color in a format accessible to new collectors, while holding strong potential for appreciation as his market expands internationally. Keywords: Greg Mathias, French Cubism, Diachronic Cubism, modern coastal art, French Riviera painting...

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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Les Violoncelles, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Les Violoncelles, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Les Violoncelles, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Valerie Vescovi

Located in Yardley, PA

My cellists in a very large and deconstructed composition. A very deconstructed cubist composition, it's very large and dramatic. I love musical instruments, they are artworks themse...

Category

2010s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Le Facteur Rural

Le Facteur Rural

By Jean-Emile Laboureur

Located in New York, NY

Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Le Facteur Rural, engraving, 1924, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Laboureur 283, third state (of 3), from the total printing of about 80. ...

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1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Engraving

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...

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1910s Cubist Art

Materials

Woodcut

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

Green Shoots
Green Shoots

Michael ChanceGreen Shoots, 2021

$2,693Sale Price|68% Off

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

Migration - Etching by Georges Braque - 1962
Migration - Etching by Georges Braque - 1962

Migration - Etching by Georges Braque - 1962

By Georges Braque

Located in Roma, IT

" Migration " is an etching realized by  Georges Braque  in 1962. The print is hand signed and numbered. This is an edition of 90 prints. Bibliography: D. Vallier,  Braque : l'oeuvre gravé: catalogue raisonné , Flammarion, Paris 1982, p.241, n.72. Georges Braque  (1882-1963) was a French Fauve painter who began to rethink his own painting style after admiring Picasso’s  Les Demoiselles...

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1960s Cubist Art

Materials

Etching

Model Contemplating Sculpture

Model Contemplating Sculpture

By Pablo Picasso

Located in New York, NY

Pablo Picasso, Model Contemplating Sculpture, etching, signed in pencil, 1933, a fine impression, published by Vollard, from the Vollard Suite, edition of 310, Bloch 175, Geiser 328...

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1930s Cubist Art

Materials

Etching

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

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

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

Roundism – 04-02-22, Painting, Oil on Other

Roundism – 04-02-22, Painting, Oil on Other

By Corne Akkers

Located in Yardley, PA

Something New This roundism oil painting is quite different from the last roundistic one, called ‘Singularity – 23-12-21’. Whereas the latter was all about the use of shiny ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

"A Poem in Each Book" Exhibition Poster
"A Poem in Each Book" Exhibition Poster

"A Poem in Each Book" Exhibition Poster

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Exhibition poster for "A Poem in Each Book" by Paul Eluard, illustrated by his friends the painters-engravers, at Maison de la Pensée Française, Paris, October 26 - November 11, 1956...

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1950s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

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

Rote Komposition - Rugg
Rote Komposition - Rugg

Rote Komposition - Rugg

Located in Wien, 9

Fritz Riedl war der Superstar der Textilkunst, der auch international reüssierte und ganz wesentlich dafür verantwortlich ist, dass dieses Genre in Österreich diesen Stellenwert erla...

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20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Wool

Joyce Thrice by Grégoire Mathias – Cubist Portrait of James Joyce
Joyce Thrice by Grégoire Mathias – Cubist Portrait of James Joyce

Joyce Thrice by Grégoire Mathias – Cubist Portrait of James Joyce

Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR

Joyce Thrice Acrylic on canvas board 19 × 27 cm (unframed) Signed: Lower right Condition: Excellent, presented in a gilt frame In Joyce Thrice, Grégoire Mathias continues his explor...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"The Loop II" Abstract Figurative Painting 39" x 39" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
"The Loop II" Abstract Figurative Painting 39" x 39" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad

"The Loop II" Abstract Figurative Painting 39" x 39" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad

By Tasneem El Meshad

Located in Culver City, CA

"The Loop II" Abstract Figurative Painting 39" x 39" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad Acrylic on Canvas Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “a refl...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Village Horse and Rider
Village Horse and Rider

Village Horse and Rider

By Bela Kadar

Located in London, GB

BELA KADAR 1877-1956 Budapest 1877-1956 (Hungarian) Title: Village Horse and Rider, circa 1920s Technique: Hand Signed Gouache on Thin Wove Paper Paper size: 50 x 70 cm. / 19.7 x...

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1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Gouache

“Serenade of Lilies” PL-0053
“Serenade of Lilies” PL-0053

“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...

Category

2010s Cubist Art

Materials

Ceramic

Three Houses on Black, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Tea at Sunset Vibrant Oil On Canvas
Tea at Sunset Vibrant Oil On Canvas

Tea at Sunset Vibrant Oil On Canvas

By Gregor Zamierowski

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Tea at Sunset Vibrant Oil On Canvas, Signed and title. Born 1945 in Poland, lives and active in Canada. His work was exhibited in galleries and Museums of Fine Arts in Canada.

Category

1980s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Summer Still Life, Wine, Melons and Fruit
Summer Still Life, Wine, Melons and Fruit

Summer Still Life, Wine, Melons and Fruit

By Henry Lee McFee

Located in Missouri, MO

Summer Still Life, Wine, Melons and Fruit Henry Lee McFee (American, 1886-1953) Watercolor on Paper Signed Lower Right 14 x 19 inches 22.75 x 28.75 inches with frame Henry Lee McFee...

Category

20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Acrylic

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.