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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
"St. George and the Dragon" - Large Late 20th Century Framed Painting
"St. George and the Dragon" - Large Late 20th Century Framed Painting

"St. George and the Dragon" - Large Late 20th Century Framed Painting

Located in New Orleans, LA

You don't have to be a Catholic, or a medievalist, or a Catholic medievalist (Tolkien?) to appreciate this striking image of St. George taking on the dragon. In style it falls somewhere between Cubism and Guernica, to my eye. The limited color palette, with the bold red, gives it the energy of early 20th-century Russian poster...

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1980s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949
Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949

Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite engraving by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Picasso, Carmen (Picasso, Carmen), originates from the 1949 edition published by L...

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1940s Cubist Art

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Engraving

Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949
Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949

Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite engraving by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Picasso, Carmen (Picasso, Carmen), originates from the 1949 edition published by L...

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1940s Cubist Art

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Engraving

Pablo Picasso, Three Bathers, from The Honeysuckle, 1943
Pablo Picasso, Three Bathers, from The Honeysuckle, 1943

Pablo Picasso, Three Bathers, from The Honeysuckle, 1943

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite zincograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Trois baigneurs (Three Bathers), from the album Le Chevre-Feuille (The Honeysuckle), originates from the 1943 edition p...

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1940s Cubist Art

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Lithograph

Carnaval
Carnaval

Carnaval

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was one of the most transformative figures of 20th-century art. A restless innovator, his work reshaped the possibilities of representation across painting,...

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1960s Cubist Art

Materials

Linocut

Sitting woman - Acrylic , 65x92 cm. framed
Sitting woman - Acrylic , 65x92 cm. framed

Sitting woman - Acrylic , 65x92 cm. framed

By Georges Connan

Located in Nice, FR

Wonderful acrylic on wood panel by Georges Connan. Comes with frame Georges Connan born in 1912 and dead in 1987.

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1950s Cubist Art

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Acrylic

After PABLO PICASSO  "Tête de Femme au Chapeau"
After PABLO PICASSO  "Tête de Femme au Chapeau"

After PABLO PICASSO "Tête de Femme au Chapeau"

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Los Angeles, CA

PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) Tête de Femme au Chapeau. Color lithograph 1956 Sheet size 650x540 mm; 25⅝x21¼ inches, full margins. Proof before letters, aside from the published poster e...

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1950s Cubist Art

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Lithograph

Portrait of a Girl
Portrait of a Girl

Portrait of a Girl

By Raymond Debieve

Located in London, GB

'Portrait of a Girl', gouache and crayon on fine paper (1966), by Raymond Debiève (1931 - 2011). Here the artist paints a young girl with blond hair in his post-cubist style. Clearly...

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1960s Cubist Art

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Paper, Crayon, Gouache

Femme Assise, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Femme Assise, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso

Femme Assise, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Long Island City, NY

Reduced to angular shapes, the female model in this Pablo Picasso print is portrayed in the Cubist style founded and propagated by the artist himself. Relying on invented perspective...

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1980s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mid-Century Futuristic French Cubist Cityscape. Oil and Acrylic on Canvas.
Mid-Century Futuristic French Cubist Cityscape. Oil and Acrylic on Canvas.

Mid-Century Futuristic French Cubist Cityscape. Oil and Acrylic on Canvas.

Located in Cotignac, FR

Mid-Century cubist oil and acrylic futuristic cityscape on canvas. Signed bottom right, artist unknown. Highly colourful and well-composed interpretation of a cityscape of the futur...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Vintage American Modernist Signed Abstract Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Signed Abstract Still Life Framed Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Signed Abstract Still Life Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 19 by 19 inches overall, and 13 by 13 paint...

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1940s Cubist Art

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Oil

Four Dancers
Four Dancers

Four Dancers

By Pablo Picasso

Located in New York, NY

Partially glazed terre-de-faïence convex wall plaque painted in black and white, 1956. Edition of 450. With the Madoura Plein Feu and Empreinte Originale de Picasso stamps, verso. ...

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1950s Cubist Art

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Clay, Ceramic

Antique  American School Abstract Cubist 1930s Wine Bottle Still Life Painting
Antique  American School Abstract Cubist 1930s Wine Bottle Still Life Painting

Antique American School Abstract Cubist 1930s Wine Bottle Still Life Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American abstract cubist table top still life oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1930. No signature found. Image size, 20L x 16H. Framing available.

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1930s Cubist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Table With Aperol & Fruits-original  cubism still life painting-contemporary Art
Table With Aperol & Fruits-original  cubism still life painting-contemporary Art

Table With Aperol & Fruits-original cubism still life painting-contemporary Art

By Borja Guijarro

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 542 Wood Owl
Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 542 Wood Owl

Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 542 Wood Owl

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Boca Raton, FL

Pablo Picasso A.R. 542 Wood Owl 1968 11.8” x 8.8” Edition of 500 White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes under partial brushed glaze, black patina Ramie 542 is a Madoura ceramic that one rarely sees come on the market. The photo you see here is the actual piece that you will receive. Most sellers online post using stock photos that don’t necessarily match exactly to the piece you receive. This particular piece is pristine: there are no nicks, bruises or scratches of any kind. Be careful when buying from others – the pieces sometimes have nicks or scratches. The Certificate of Authenticity comes with this piece. We have sold over 3300 pieces with all positive reviews. We are located in the USA. When you buy from a foreign seller on 1stdibs, you have to consider the problems of getting the piece through Customs. There are often delays and considerable fees to pay in order to import the item. When purchasing from us, we ship the same day and you receive it via FedEx the next day, no problems or hassles. When you purchase from an auction house, you pay a buyer’s premium of anywhere from 23% to 28% over the “hammer price”. So when you “win” an auction for $20,000, the actual price paid is more like $25,000. By contrast, when purchasing from us, the price agreed to is the price paid by the buyer, no hidden fees. When you purchase from an auction house, you pay the packing and shipping fees, which are usually exorbitant. By contrast, when purchasing from us, the price includes packing and shipping. When you purchase from an auction house, the sale is final. If you receive the piece and are not 100% satisfied with it, there is nothing you can do about it. You are stuck with it. By contrast, when purchasing from us, the buyer can determine if they want to keep it. If not, the buyer returns to piece to us for full refund, and we pay the shipping both ways! The prices of Picasso Madoura Ceramics have been on fire lately (no pun intended). The major auction houses – Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips – have now been regularly holding Picasso Madoura Ceramic auctions...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

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Ceramic

Abstract Cubist Portrait - Human Faces Abstract Collection - HFC 19
Abstract Cubist Portrait - Human Faces Abstract Collection - HFC 19

Abstract Cubist Portrait - Human Faces Abstract Collection - HFC 19

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Title: "Abstract Cubist Portrait - Human Faces Abstract Collection - HFC 19" Discover the captivating allure of "Abstract Cubist Portrait - HFC 19," a limited edition textured canva...

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2010s Cubist Art

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Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée

1960's French Modernist Cubist Oil Painting View of an Old French Town
1960's French Modernist Cubist Oil Painting View of an Old French Town

1960's French Modernist Cubist Oil Painting View of an Old French Town

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The French Town by Michel Kritz, unsigned (French 1925-1994) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 32 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound cond...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

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Canvas, Oil

1960's French Cubist Abstract Oil Painting Paris Salon Exhibited Signed & Labels
1960's French Cubist Abstract Oil Painting Paris Salon Exhibited Signed & Labels

1960's French Cubist Abstract Oil Painting Paris Salon Exhibited Signed & Labels

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Salade des Fruits by Jean Pierre Stagnaro (French c. 1961) cubist still life composition, very thickly painted. signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 37.5 inches canvas: 23.5 x 36 inches inscribed verso provenance: private collection, France; exhibition label...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

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.