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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
Mid 20th Century French Cubist Abstract Signed Oil Golden Fields Provence
Mid 20th Century French Cubist Abstract Signed Oil Golden Fields Provence

Mid 20th Century French Cubist Abstract Signed Oil Golden Fields Provence

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Golden Fields, Provence French School, 1950's-1960's period indistinctly signed oil on board, unframed board: 15 x 21.5 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good an...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

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Oil

Unknown Cubist Nude Oil Painting 1962

Unknown Cubist Nude Oil Painting 1962

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original cubist pointillist nude signed illegibly and dates 1962. The artist uses sporadic texture and vibrant color to create a captivating scene.

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1960s Cubist Art

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Oil, Board

The Keeper
The Keeper

The Keeper

By Pascal Jarrion

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pascal Jarrion was born in 1961 in Perpignan, France, a region known for its Catalan culture as well as its influence on artists before him, including Picasso, Van Gogh, and Maillol....

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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

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

Materials

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

L'Éventail rose

L'Éventail rose

By Marie Laurencin

Located in New York, NY

A very good impression of this scarce color etching and drypoint. Fourth state (of 4). Signed and numbered 54/100 in pencil, lower margin.

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1920s Cubist Art

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Color, Drypoint, Etching

Cubist abstract composition
Cubist abstract composition

Cubist abstract composition

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Robert Lepper (1906-1991) . Cubist composition, 1931. Cut copper, brass and steel sheeting tacked to masonite panel. Panel measures 14.5 x 24 inches. Total framed measurement 20 x 29...

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1930s Cubist Art

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Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel

Baj Chez Picasso 3, Cubist Etching by Enrico Baj

Baj Chez Picasso 3, Cubist Etching by Enrico Baj

By Enrico Baj

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Enrico Baj, Italian (1924 - 2003) Title: Baj Chez Picasso 3 Year: 1969 Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 86/100 Image Size: 18.5 x 15 inch...

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1960s Cubist Art

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Etching

1972 Picasso 'Luncheon on the Grass' Lithograph Vintage

1972 Picasso 'Luncheon on the Grass' Lithograph Vintage

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Brooklyn, NY

From an exhibition held at Pace Gallery in Columbus Ohio from February 3rd to March 5th, 1972. . This work references Picasso's 1961 interpretation of Edouard Manet's 1863 oil on can...

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1970s Cubist Art

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Lithograph

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

Abstract Walking Figure
Abstract Walking Figure

Abstract Walking Figure

By Chris Ritter

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Chris Ritter (1906-1976). Walking Figure, ca. 1960. Watercolor on rag paper, sheet measures 15.5 x 22 inches. Sheet is loose and unmounted. Unframed. Estate stamps500 on verso....

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

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Watercolor, Rag Paper

A Cubist French City, 1919
A Cubist French City, 1919

A Cubist French City, 1919

By Dick Beer

Located in Stockholm, SE

Dick Beer (b. London 1893 - d. Stockholm 1938) A French City, 1919 (Fransk stad) oil on canvas canvas dimensions 82x66 cm frame 94x78.5 cm signed Dick ...

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1910s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Geometric Figure #25
Geometric Figure #25

Geometric Figure #25

By Dave Fox

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: David Fox (American, 1920-2011) Title: Geometric Figure #25 Year: 2002 Medium: Acrylic on paper Paper: Watercolor paper Image size: 8 x 12...

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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Cubist French Oil Painting Still Life Abstract Composition
Cubist French Oil Painting Still Life Abstract Composition

Cubist French Oil Painting Still Life Abstract Composition

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Pierre Vincent, French contemporary Title: Cubist composition Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed, signed and inscribed verso canvas: 18 x 22 inches Provenan...

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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Untitled (Modernist Three-Panel Screen)

Untitled (Modernist Three-Panel Screen)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Untitled (Modernist Three-Panel Screen), 1948, mixed media on paperboard mounted into a three-section screen, 58 x 45 inches, signed and dated on each panel upper right This work is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s. Charles Malcolm Campbell...

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1940s Cubist Art

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Board

Bird of the Moon - lithograph - 399 copies
Bird of the Moon - lithograph - 399 copies

Bird of the Moon - lithograph - 399 copies

By Georges Braque

Located in Paris, IDF

Georges BRAQUE Bird of the Moon Lithograph (Art-Litho workshop) Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 18 x 23" INFORMATION: Limited edition of 399 copies unumbered - Ed...

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Late 20th Century Cubist Art

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Lithograph

1950's French Cubist Signed Oil Portrait of Mysterious Blonde Lady Reading
1950's French Cubist Signed Oil Portrait of Mysterious Blonde Lady Reading

1950's French Cubist Signed Oil Portrait of Mysterious Blonde Lady Reading

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

"La Liseuse" (the reader) by Magali Lucas (French b. 1915) signed, titled verso oil on canvas, in original period mirror lined frame framed: 28 x 21.5 inches canvas : 25 x 18 inches...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Russian School Art Deco Cubist Gouache on Board Painting
Russian School Art Deco Cubist Gouache on Board Painting

Russian School Art Deco Cubist Gouache on Board Painting

Located in Atlanta, GA

A striking 20th‑century Russian Art Deco–Cubist gouache on cardboard, this work exemplifies the vibrant visual language developed by the Russian Cubist School of Paris, where émigré ...

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20th Century Cubist Art

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Gouache, Board, Cardboard

Mid 20th Century Cubist Oil Painting on Paper, Abstract Composition
Mid 20th Century Cubist Oil Painting on Paper, Abstract Composition

Mid 20th Century Cubist Oil Painting on Paper, Abstract Composition

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Cubist Abstract Construction French School, Mid 20th Century Oil painting on paper, laid on a board, unframed Board size: 28.5 x 23.5 inches Expressionist mid 20th French oil painti...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

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Oil

Música
Música

Música

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Unique patinated metal cubist sculpture. Ulises Jiménez Obregón was born in La Mansion de Nicoya, Costa Rica, in November 1953. In 1968 he obtained a diploma of "Honor of Merit" i...

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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

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Metal

Journée dans lAtelier – Interior Scene in Diachronic Cubism, Acrylic on Canvas
Journée dans lAtelier – Interior Scene in Diachronic Cubism, Acrylic on Canvas

Journée dans lAtelier – Interior Scene in Diachronic Cubism, Acrylic on Canvas

By Grégoire Mathias

Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR

Journée dans l'Atelier (A Day in the Studio) Acrylic on Canvas 46 x 38cm Journée dans l'Atelier by Grégoire Mathias captures the essence of an artist’s workspace through the str...

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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Antique American Cubist Landscape with Trees and Hills, Signed Oil Painting
Antique American Cubist Landscape with Trees and Hills, Signed Oil Painting

Antique American Cubist Landscape with Trees and Hills, Signed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

This 1971 oil on board landscape by Y. Melo presents an abstracted natural scene executed in a refined Cubist style. The composition flattens and segments a hillside view into interl...

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1970s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"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

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Lithograph

Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Abstract Shapes & Colors
Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Abstract Shapes & Colors

Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Abstract Shapes & Colors

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century Title: Cubist composition Medium: oil on board Size: 11 x 8.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painti...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Roger Herson French Cubist Abstract Picasso Influence Oil Painting Signed
Roger Herson French Cubist Abstract Picasso Influence Oil Painting Signed

Roger Herson French Cubist Abstract Picasso Influence Oil Painting Signed

By Roger Herson

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title Roger Herson French Cubist Abstract Picasso Influence Oil Painting Signed Key Details Artist: Roger Herson, French, 1922–2008 Medium: Painting, medium not stated Size: Not stat...

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Late 20th Century 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.