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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
Le Promenade au Phare

Le Promenade au Phare

By Jean-Emile Laboureur

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...

Category

1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Engraving

Jeune Fille au Chapeau Blanc

Jeune Fille au Chapeau Blanc

By Jean-Emile Laboureur

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...

Category

1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Paysage au Tunnel

Paysage au Tunnel

By Jean-Emile Laboureur

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...

Category

1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Etching

Paysage au Buttes-Chaumont (2nd Planche), 1920-21

Paysage au Buttes-Chaumont (2nd Planche), 1920-21

By Jean-Emile Laboureur

Located in New York, NY

Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943) etching and engraving Paysage au Buttes-Chaumont (2nd Planche), 1920-21, signed and numbered ( 38/55) in pencil. Reference: Sylvain Laboureur 205. In very good condition with wide margins (remains of old hinging on margin verso, some showing through not near image). On white wove paper, 7 7/8 x 9 1/4, the sheet 10 x 13 1/2 inches, archival matting. A fine, fresh and clear impression of this important cubist-influenced scene. Jean-Emile Laboureur was born in Nantes in 1877. He traveled to Paris in 1895 intending to study law at the Sorbonne, but found himself drawn to the nearby famed Academie Julian, and although he never officially matriculated there, he became immersed in the Parisian art scene. Laboureur then traveled widely, staying for periods in the US and London, and studying classic art and printmaking in Italy and Germany. Although he had moved back to Paris by 1910, a time when analytical cubism was emerging in the work of Picasso and Braque, he continued working in an abstract, modernist mode, waiting until about 1913 or shortly thereafter to invent a cubist idiom all his own. Cubism remained an important theme for Laboureur, a theme he varied, sometimes using it as a strong design or compositional component, sometimes only as a subtle background element. In Paysage aux Buttes...

Category

1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Chasseurs de Lion (The Lion Hunters)

Chasseurs de Lion (The Lion Hunters)

By Charles Dufresne

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...

Category

1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Drypoint, Aquatint

The Audience, Painting, Oil on Canvas
The Audience, Painting, Oil on Canvas

The Audience, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Gregg Simpson

Located in Yardley, PA

The organic shapes which resulted from my first improvisations on the canvas formed into a conglomeration which reminded me of the audience at an event of some undetermined nature. :...

Category

2010s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Summer in San Tropez Lithograph Print, Cubist Style, Signed Edition of 99, 2010
Summer in San Tropez Lithograph Print, Cubist Style, Signed Edition of 99, 2010

Summer in San Tropez Lithograph Print, Cubist Style, Signed Edition of 99, 2010

By Alexandra Nechita

Located in Aventura, FL

From the Reflections Collection. Lithograph on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Homme Rêvant, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Homme Rêvant, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Homme Rêvant, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Valerie Vescovi

Located in Yardley, PA

From my man dreaming ongoing series, I sometimes need to revisit certain themes. Themes that were inspired by my life experiences and characters that have come and gone or passed thr...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Four Times the Living Space, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Acrylic

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

Adolescence The Inevitable Maze, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 195, Cubist
Adolescence The Inevitable Maze, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 195, Cubist

Adolescence The Inevitable Maze, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 195, Cubist

By Alexandra Nechita

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 ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Nude on Chair
Nude on Chair

Nude on Chair

By Max Weber

Located in Miami, FL

Heavy impasto pained in alla prima ( Wet-on-wet ) technique. Layer of damar varnish. Frame burn, On Masonite. Unframed Signature: Signed Max Weber upper left.

Category

1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Sea Affairs Mykonos Island, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 195, Cubist, 2008
Sea Affairs Mykonos Island, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 195, Cubist, 2008

Sea Affairs Mykonos Island, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 195, Cubist, 2008

By Alexandra Nechita

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

The Intricacies Of Self, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 195, Cubist, 2009
The Intricacies Of Self, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 195, Cubist, 2009

The Intricacies Of Self, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 195, Cubist, 2009

By Alexandra Nechita

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

"Unleashing the Inner Child" (rotating) Painting D 43" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
"Unleashing the Inner Child" (rotating) Painting D 43" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad

"Unleashing the Inner Child" (rotating) Painting D 43" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad

By Tasneem El Meshad

Located in Culver City, CA

"Unleashing the Inner Child" (rotating) Painting D 43" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad Medium: acrylic on wood (rotating) Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

The Painter
The Painter

The Painter

By Marcel Gromaire

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...

Category

1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Burning Castle
The Burning Castle

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...

Category

1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Le Petit Équilibriste

Le Petit Équilibriste

By Jacques Villon

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...

Category

1910s Cubist Art

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

Uncle Vanja
Uncle Vanja

Uncle Vanja

By Fedor Loevenstein

Located in London, GB

FEDOR LOEVENSTEIN LOWENSTEIN 1901-1947 (Czech / French) Title: Uncle Vanja, early 1920’s Technique: Original Hand Signed, Inscribed and Titled Woodcut on thin wove paper Paper Size: 27.5 x 21 cm / 10.8 x 8.2 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 "Onkel Wanja" (Uncle Vanja) and inscribed "Handabzug" (Hand printed) in pencil at the lower left margins. This work was printed in the early 1920's in a small edition. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Fédor Löwenstein (Munich, 1901 - Nice, 1946) studied art in Germany before moving to Paris in 1923, attracted by its artistic influence. There he mixed with the painter André Lhote from Bordeaux and joined the Groupe des Surindépendants in 1936. His style evolved from Cubism to a form of Romantic abstraction. In 1938, he painted La Chute (The Fall), inspired by the signing of the Munich Agreement ratifying the dismantling of the Czechoslovakia created in 1918. France’s entry into the war drove him to leave the capital for Mirmande, a ruined village in the Drôme region, where Lhote held a summer academy. Löwenstein then divided his time between Mirmande and Nice where his mother and sister lived, but had to take refuge for a time in the Abbey of Aiguebelle. He fell ill in the autumn of 1943 and went to Paris to see a doctor; he died in Nice in 1946. Exhibited: Fédor Lowenstein...

Category

1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Paper

Jewish Man
Jewish Man

Jewish Man

By Fedor Loevenstein

Located in London, GB

FEDOR LOEVENSTEIN LOWENSTEIN 1901-1947 (Czech / French) Title: Jewish Man, 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 "EBPEЙ" (Jew) and numbered "19" in pencil at the lower left margins. This work was printed in the early 1920's in a small edition. Our impression is number 19 from the edition. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Fédor Löwenstein...

Category

1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Paper

Portrait of an Old Man

Portrait of an Old Man

By Lowenstein Fedor

Located in London, GB

FEDOR LOEVENSTEIN LOWENSTEIN 1901-1947 (Czech / French) Title: Portrait of an Old Man, 1922 Technique: Original Hand Signed, Titled, Dated and Dedicated Woodcut on thin paper Paper Size: 19.2 x 14.5 cm / 7.5 x 5.7 in Image size: 14.5 x 11.7 cm / 5.7 x 4.5 in Additional Information: This work is hand signed and dated in pencil "Fedor Loevenstein '22" at the lower margin It is also tilted and inscribed in Cyrillic in pencil at the lower left margins. There is an additional text in French at the far lower right margin. This work as printed in 1922 in a small edition. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Fédor Löwenstein...

Category

1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Color

Beggars
Beggars

Beggars

By Fedor Loevenstein

Located in London, GB

FEDOR LOEVENSTEIN LOWENSTEIN 1901-1947 (Czech / French) Title: Beggars / Bettler, early 1920’s Technique: Original Hand Signed, Inscribed, Dedicated and Titled Woodcut on thin wove paper Paper Size: 28.5 x 20.5 cm / 11.3 x 8 in Plate Size: 15 x 10 cm / 5.9 x 3.9 in Additional Information: This work is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "F. Loevenstein 22" at the lower right margin. It is also tilted "Bettler" (Beggars) and inscribed "Handabzug" (Hand printed) in pencil at the lower left margins. It is dedicated “pour ma chere et jamais ce debacle, Fedor, Zoppot Sommer 22” (for my dear never this debacle [sic], Fedor, Sopot (Poland) Summer (19)22.) This work was hand printed by the artist himself in the early 1920's in a small edition. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Fédor Löwenstein (Munich, 1901 - Nice, 1946) studied art in Germany before moving to Paris in 1923, attracted by its artistic influence. There he mixed with the painter André Lhote from Bordeaux and joined the Groupe des Surindépendants in 1936. His style evolved from Cubism to a form of Romantic abstraction. In 1938, he painted La Chute (The Fall), inspired by the signing of the Munich Agreement ratifying the dismantling of the Czechoslovakia created in 1918. France’s entry into the war drove him to leave the capital for Mirmande, a ruined village in the Drôme region, where Lhote held a summer academy. Löwenstein then divided his time between Mirmande and Nice where his mother and sister lived, but had to take refuge for a time in the Abbey of Aiguebelle. He fell ill in the autumn of 1943 and went to Paris to see a doctor; he died in Nice in 1946. Exhibited: Fédor Lowenstein...

Category

1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Paper

Art Deco Horses

Art Deco Horses

By Reza Afrookhteh

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Reza Afrookhteh begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at institute of art where he graduated with highest honor. He also studied priv...

Category

Early 2000s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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