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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Guitar Player with Nude
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at the institute of art in Iran where he graduated with highest honors. He also studied privately with one of Persia’s mo...
Canvas, Oil
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Repose
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at the institute of art in Iran where he graduated with highest honors. He also studied privately with one of Persia’s mo...
Canvas, Oil
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Couple with Bouquet, 1985, Large Art Deco Oil Painting by Jessica Rice
By Jessica Rice
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jessica Rice, Belgian (1941 - 2016) Title: Couple with Bouquet Year: 1985 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated Size: 70 x 48 inches Frame Size: 74 x 51 inches
Oil
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Diamonds
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered mixed media painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, (1916-2010.) Diamonds, is an original mixed media oil on canvas board, signed, c. 1958 with an...
Mixed Media
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The Model
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered original pastel by American artist Hans Burkhardt. The Model, is an original pastel on paper, signed, dated 1967, fair original condition with some fol...
Pastel
Girl with Cock, Oil Painting by Reginald Wilson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Reginald Wilson, American (1909 - 1993) Title: Girl with Cock Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 60.96 cm) Frame: 33.5 x 28 inch...
Canvas, Oil
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La Marchande de Violettes
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), La Marchande de Violettes, etching, 1914, signed in pencil lower left and numbered (33/35) lower right [also signed and dated in the plate lower rig...
Etching
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Le Diner a L’Auberge
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Le Diner a L’Auberge, 1917-1922), engraving, signed in pencil lower left and numbered (45/55) lower right. Reference: Sylvain Laboureur 173, second ...
Engraving
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The Soul Never Dwells in a Dry Place
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Romare Bearden, American (1911 - 1988) Title: The Soul Never Dwells in a Dry Place Date: October, 1946 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.l. Size: 24 in. x 31 in. (60.96 ...
Oil
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La Plage
By André Lhote
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ANDRE LHOTE "LA PLAGE" PASTEL, SIGNED FRANCE, C.1927 17.75 X 24 INCHES André Lhote 1885-1962 Lhote was born in Bordeaux, France in 1885. H...
Archival Paper, Pastel
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Le Gramophone
Located in New York, NY
LABOURER, Jean Emile. Le Gramophone. Woodcut on cream laid paper, 1918-21. full margins. Signed and numbered 41/45 in pencil, lower margin. A very goo...
Woodcut
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Emergence
Located in West Hollywood, CA
It is with great pleasure that we present the original works of American artist Robert Russin (1914-2007) Robert Russin began his career as a WPA sculptor, and received dozens of...
Marble
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Progress
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Canvas, Oil
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King of Clubs, Cubist, 1958
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional mixed media oil on panel, "King of Clubs", by American artist Robert McIntosh. Robert McIntosh was an extremely prolific artist whose paintings were exhi...
Oil
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A Walk in the Clouds
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Oil
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Hiding Sunflower
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of th...
Oil
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Serenade
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
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Musique Abstract
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
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Cosmopolitan
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Canvas, Oil
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Analytic Session
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Oil Pastel
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The Aviary
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Oil
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Cubist Abstract in Green
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of th...
Oil
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Morning Sunflowers
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Canvas, Oil
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The Dessert
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Oil
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The Broken Vase
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the day before settling in Los Angeles in the 1930’s. The artist continued his art education and began exhibiting throughout galleries in Southern California. Due to his intense fascination with the cubist avant garde movement, into cubist imagery which became the trademark style of painting for the remainder of his life. This is the first presentation of the paintings of Maurice Green since his death in 1993. “The Broken Vase...
Oil
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Fish, Wine, and Song
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
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Facade
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Oil, Canvas
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The Penguin
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the day before settling in Los Angeles in the 1930’s. The artist continued his art education and began exhibiting throughout galleries in Southern California. Due to his intense fascination with the cubist avant garde movement, into cubist imagery which became the trademark style of painting for the remainder of his life. This is the first presentation of the paintings of Maurice Green since his death in 1993. “The Penguin...
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Raison d'etre
By Ferdinand Pire
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Ferdinand Pire, focuses his painting in an old world art medium, eglomise'. This is a process of reverse painting on glass, allowing the a...
Paint
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Cubist Dancer
By Dorothy Sklar
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original California Modernist charcoal drawing by American artist Dorothy Sklar(1906-1996) "Cubist Dancer" is an original charcoal on paper, signed, c.1935. There is some waving within...
Charcoal
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La Chanteuse de la Radio
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a sheet after French artist Fernand Leger. Originally acquired at an Los Angeles gallery exhibition of Leger's lithography in 1961, this is the first time it has been available to sale since originally purchased. The original poster from this Leger exhibition...
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Cubist Repose
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French ...
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Twins
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French ...
Graphite, Paper
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Construct
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Canvas, Oil
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Cubist Figure
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French ...