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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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Dinner Meeting 3 - Midcentury Modern Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print
Dinner Meeting 3 - Midcentury Modern Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print

Dinner Meeting 3 - Midcentury Modern Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Dinner Meeting 3 - Midcentury Modern Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print Experience the timeless allure of "Dinner Meeting 3," a limited edition textured canvas print that capture...

Category

2010s Cubist Art

Materials

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

Interlude

Interlude

By Maurice 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 stu...

Category

1970s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mermet. Mid-Century Design for a Sculpture. Acrylic and Crayon on Paper.
Mermet. Mid-Century Design for a Sculpture. Acrylic and Crayon on Paper.

Mermet. Mid-Century Design for a Sculpture. Acrylic and Crayon on Paper.

Located in Cotignac, FR

A mid-century design for a sculpture, signed or titled Mermet bottom left corner. Presented in period metal frame. A very strong image which is almost certainly a design for a sculpture due to the three dimensional nature of the piece accentuated by the lines of the image extending beyond the subject itself showing the different planes to be worked. This extremely energetic and forceful application of the crayon and the extension of the lines is highly reminiscent of the work of the expressionist Bernard Buffet who lived and worked in Tourtour in the South of France. The angular features of the figure and the dark intense lines are particularly in line with the style of his work. Expressionism was a form of art less interested in the correct anatomical representation of the subject but more in portraying the feelings and emotions that the subject evoked. The model appears to be for a sculpture quite possibly inspired by African art as the image is reminiscent of African fetish...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Acrylic

Suzanne Benton, Caught in the Dark Waters of Life, 2024, oil, Spiritualism

Suzanne Benton, Caught in the Dark Waters of Life, 2024, oil, Spiritualism

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

In this ninth decade of life, and as a working artist for nearly70 years, Suzanne Benton has become interested in the concept of Late Style as described by the literary theorist Edward Said. “Each of us can supply evidence of late works, which crown a lifetime of aesthetic endeavor,” Matisse had it with his renowned paper cuts. While nearly blind, Monet created the water lily paintings as his final legacy to the history of art.  Benton's Late Style arrived as a surprise during the Covid pandemic. The resultant aloneness from sheltering in place brought her to an uncanny level of solitude that only painting could voice. She reached for the purest of colors, and entered a celebratory world to create the Neo-Transcendental paintings titled All About Color. The disappeared narrative came as a surprise. It had been the mainstay of the masks and mask tale performances, monoprints and paintings. This time though, the artist needed to bring a vibrancy to canvas, and to make tangible this sense of sheer essence that had pressed into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract expressionist painter who’d taught the year’s color study at Queen College. The sensitivity developed further through four lengthy art-working journeys to India, starting in 1976-77, continuing with a 1992-1993 Fulbright, and additional South Asia residencies in 1995, and 2011. Those and others in Africa brought an ever more attuned palette to decades of monoprints with Chine collé that featured imagery from world culture, as well as her Americana of 19th and 20th century women writers, educators, suffragists, and feminists. These Late Style artworks explore the cosmic realm. Its deceptive simplicity reminds Benton of Buffie Johnson’s late work. She, an early celebrator of Great Goddess imagery turned to circles in her latter years. similarly, Benton had drawn on rich Goddess imagery since the 1970’s...

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2010s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil, Board, Gesso, Birch

Henri Laurens, Still Life, 1929 (after)
Henri Laurens, Still Life, 1929 (after)

Henri Laurens, Still Life, 1929 (after)

By Henri Laurens

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Henri Laurens (1885–1954), titled Nature morte (Still Life), from the album L'Art Cubiste, Theories et Realisations, Etude Critique (Cubis...

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1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Sailboats
Sailboats

Sailboats

By Maurice 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 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. As with many artists, his earliest style was more realist imagery, transitioning through his intense fascination with the cubist avant-garde movement, into specific 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. "Sailboats ”, is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated 1980, with an image dimension of 20 x 24 inches, set into the original artists wood frame; a painting which clearly defines his talent as a fine cubist artist...

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1980s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

San Marco, Venice — Cubist Italian Cityscape Painting in Blue and Ochre, Acrylic
San Marco, Venice — Cubist Italian Cityscape Painting in Blue and Ochre, Acrylic

San Marco, Venice — Cubist Italian Cityscape Painting in Blue and Ochre, Acrylic

Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR

San Marco, Venise Acrylic on Canvas 60 x 49 cm Signed lower right and on the reverse In San Marco, Venise, Grégoire Mathias translates the timeless elegance of Venice’s architecture into his distinctive language of Diachronic Cubism — a style that captures not only multiple spatial perspectives but also the passage of time within a single composition. The familiar arches and reflections of the Venetian lagoon dissolve into an intricate interplay of geometric planes and shifting tones of turquoise, ivory, and sand. The result is a composition that feels both architectural and fluid — an echo of light dancing on water, where memory and presence coexist. Mathias’s mastery lies in how he balances structure and emotion, transforming an iconic cityscape into a meditation on rhythm, space, and movement. Perfect For: Collectors of modern Cubism • Venice and Italy enthusiasts • Contemporary interiors with neutral or coastal tones • Living rooms or entryways seeking architectural depth and movement Collector’s Insight: This painting belongs to Mathias’s Venetian Series, where he explores the interplay between history and modernity through cubist fragmentation. Its soothing palette and elegant balance make it a perfect statement for collectors drawn to contemporary reinterpretations of classic European subjects. Keywords: Venetian painting, Piazza San Marco, cubist architecture, modern cubism, French contemporary art, Greg Mathias, Diachronic Cubism, contemporary Cubism, modern architecture art...

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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 142 Ice Pitcher
Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 142 Ice Pitcher

Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 142 Ice Pitcher

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Boca Raton, FL

Pablo Picasso A.R. 142 Ice Pitcher 1952 12.6” x 21.6” Pitcher Edition of 100 White earthenware clay, decoration in oxides, knife engraved on white enamel Ramie 142 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

Materials

Ceramic

Kai Zhang Cubism Original Oil On Canvas "Untitled 4"
Kai Zhang Cubism Original Oil On Canvas "Untitled 4"

Kai Zhang Cubism Original Oil On Canvas "Untitled 4"

Located in New York, NY

Title: Untitled 4 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 24 x 19.5inches Frame: Framing options available! Age: 2000s Condition: Painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Arlecchino
Arlecchino

Arlecchino

By Gino Severini

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Arlecchino" 1965, is an original colors lithograph on Wove paper by renown Italian artist Gino Severini, 1883-1966. It is hand signed and numbered 43/80 in penci...

Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 496 Face Number 203
Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 496 Face Number 203

Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 496 Face Number 203

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Boca Raton, FL

Pablo Picasso A.R. 496 Face Number 203 1963 10” round Edition of 150 White earthenware clay, decoration in engobe and enamel under partial brushed glaze, grey patina Ramie 496 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...

Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Ceramic

"Shattered Mind" - Colorful Modern Cubist Abstract Mixed Media Self Portrait
"Shattered Mind" - Colorful Modern Cubist Abstract Mixed Media Self Portrait

"Shattered Mind" - Colorful Modern Cubist Abstract Mixed Media Self Portrait

By Masri Hayssam

Located in Carmel, CA

Masri Hayssam (Lebanese, born 1965) "Shattered Mind" 2002 Oil paint, acrylic paint, mixed media, on stretched canvas The artist signed the bottom right and the back of the painting. ...

Category

Early 2000s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Composition - Lithograph by Ossip Zadkine - 20th Century

Composition - Lithograph by Ossip Zadkine - 20th Century

By Ossip Zadkine

Located in Roma, IT

Composition is a lithograph, realized by Ossip Zadkine Stamped on the lower right. Numbered, edition 43/65 prints. Not signed. Good conditions. The artwork represents an abstract composition through strong strokes in a well-balanced composition. Ossip Zadkine (Vitebsk, 1890 – Neuilly-sur-Seine 1967) , was a Russian-born French naturalized artist. He is primarily known as a sculptor, but also produced paintings and lithographs. He was born in present-day Belarus, to a Jewish father and mother of Scottish descent. After attending the London art school, Zadkine settled in Paris around 1910. There he joined the Cubist movement (1914-1925), later he developed his own style, strongly influenced by African art. His best-known work is The Destroyed City (1951-1953), a statue commemorating the destruction of the Dutch city...

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20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Large Israeli 1950's Mod Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Cubist Morris Lazar
Large Israeli 1950's Mod Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Cubist Morris Lazar

Large Israeli 1950's Mod Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Cubist Morris Lazar

By Morris Lazar

Located in Surfside, FL

Morris Lazar, (Maurice Lazar) Bulgarian Israeli Painter and Sculptor. b. 1927, Bulgaria. Immigrated to British mandate Palestine in 1946. Hand signed in Hebrew Studies: Painting with Zaritzky, Yohana Simon; sculpture with Sternschuss; Art Teachers' College, Ramat Hasharon; Hands and Crafts Seminar. Teaching: Supervisor of the Art Department of the Popular University. Art Teachers' College, Ramat Hasharon Hands and Crafts Seminar This has the feel of the Israeli artists of that period, Jean David, Kopel Gurwin etc. Group Exhibition in Tel Aviv Museum with Art in Israel Tel Aviv Art Museum, Tel Aviv 1951 Artists: Avnieli, Bak, Berger, Genia Gurewitsch, Anatol Weil, Shraga Janco, Marcel Katz, Shmuel Levanon, Lazar, Morris Kook, Reisman, Shemi, Menahem Shafir, Ilana Schatz, Angelika Tadmor, Zvi Tamari, Amiram Allweil, Arieh Aldouby, Zvi Eloul, Kosso Palombo, David Shemi, Avni Krize, Yehiel. Solo Exhibition Chemerinsky Art Gallery, Tel Aviv Art Festival Painting & Sculpture in Israel 1969, Ganei Hataarucha, Tel Aviv Artists: Aharon Avni, Pinchas Abramovich, Gad Ullman...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Oil

Antique American Abstract Cubist Mid Century Framed Composition Signed Feist
Antique American Abstract Cubist Mid Century Framed Composition Signed Feist

Antique American Abstract Cubist Mid Century Framed Composition Signed Feist

Located in Buffalo, NY

Modernist abstract composition signed Feist. Oil on board, circa 1964. Signed lower right. Displayed in a wood frame. Excellent ready to hang condition.

Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Je t'aime-original abstract cubism figurative portrait painting-contemporary Art
Je t'aime-original abstract cubism figurative portrait painting-contemporary Art

Je t'aime-original abstract cubism figurative portrait 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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil

What Kind of Woman is This

What Kind of Woman is This

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pascal Jarrion was born in Perpignan, France, in 1961. It is a region known for its Catalan culture and an area that has influenced many artists before ...

Category

2010s Cubist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Francisco Bores, La Table grise
Francisco Bores, La Table grise

Francisco Bores, La Table grise

By Francisco Bores

Located in Madrid, ES

FRANCISCO BORES Spanish, 1898 - 1972 LA TABLE GRISE signed and dated "Borès 48" (lower right) oil on canvas, laid on wood panel 23-5/8 x 32 inches (60 x 81 cm.) framed: 32-1/3 x 40 i...

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1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Square Head of a Man (Plate XXXI), from Carmen
Square Head of a Man (Plate XXXI), from Carmen

Square Head of a Man (Plate XXXI), from Carmen

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Square Head of a Man (Plate XXXI) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 32/289 Frame Size: 21" x 18" Sheet Size: 13...

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1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Etching

"Mums" William S. Schwartz, Yellow Flowers, Cubist, Modern Still Life
"Mums" William S. Schwartz, Yellow Flowers, Cubist, Modern Still Life

"Mums" William S. Schwartz, Yellow Flowers, Cubist, Modern Still Life

By William S. Schwartz

Located in New York, NY

William S. Schwartz Still Life with Yellow Mums, circa 1950 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches Provenance: Private Collection, Massachusetts William Schwartz was born in Smorgon, Russia, in 1896, one of nine children in a poor family. He studied art at an early age, earning a scholarship at the Vilna Art School in Russia, 1908–12. He immigrated to the United States at age 17 in 1913, living in New York with his sister for eight months and then moving to Omaha, Nebraska, to live with his brother in 1915. Working as a house painter, he turned his attention to art, studying briefly with J. Laurie Wallace at the Kellom School in Omaha before moving to Chicago. He entered the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 1916, studying with Ivan Trutnev and Karl A. Buehr, and graduating with honors in life drawing, portraiture, and painting in 1917. He supported himself as a tenor singer in vaudeville, concerts, and opera and received favorable reviews, but he chose to pursue painting instead of singing. His circle of artist friends included important Chicago modernists Aaron Bohrod, Malvin and Ivan Albright, Archibald Motley Jr., and Anthony Angarola...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, 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.