Cubism
Save your search and find it in your favorites
Saved search
Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches
Unsaved search
A problem occurred
Nature morte aux vases
Claude Vénard
Painting - 38 x 48 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15 x 18.9 x 1 inch
€15,000
Femme aux grappes de raisin
Onie Jackson
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
€4,100
En parfaite harmonie
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,800
Woman in Spring
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€3,800
Escape in dreams
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€3,200
A blossoming portrait
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€320
Nature morte aux fleurs et au piano
Claude Vénard
Painting - 135 x 190 x 3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 74.8 x 1.2 inch
€72,000
Beach Balls
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 80 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
€5,700
Message d'Espoir
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,800
Happy Time
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,800
Genetic manipulation
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 70 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
Happy Flowers
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€3,200
Zen
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 75 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€380
La Sirène
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 55 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
€380
Les Rimes Féminines
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 75.9 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
€380
Horse out of the box
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 55 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
€380
The Sound of birds
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 100 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 63 x 0.8 inch
€6,200
Nude Woman, Femme Nue, Mourlot Frères (after Pablo Picasso)
Pablo Picasso
Print - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
La sieste de la princesse
Zafi
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€12,900
Love story
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 55 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
€520
Graceful Dualité
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€2,500
Soulful Symmetry
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€420
Singular Serenity
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 42 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
€300
2 femmes autour d'un Basquiat
Zafi
Painting - 140 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
€13,000
Sculpteur avec son modèle
Pablo Picasso
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€2,000
Le Repos du Sculpteur, IV
Pablo Picasso
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€2,000
Big woman in an ice cold bath
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 120 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Signora-The shadows of grey version Painting
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 76.2 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 22 x 1 inch
€870
Les Danseurs à la Lune - Original Etching
Marc Chagall
Print - 50 x 37.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 14.8 x 0 inch
€12,000
La Fête de la Patronne
Pablo Picasso
Print - 36.7 x 49.2 x 0.3 cm Print - 14.4 x 19.4 x 0.1 inch
€14,500
Evening Glory
Kajazun (Kajo) Avetisyan
Painting - 69 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.2 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€800
Artiste peintre avec un modèle qui boude
Pablo Picasso
Print - 22.5 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.9 x 12.8 x 0 inch
€14,000
Femme et son ombre
Zafi
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,400
Sculpteur devant sa Sculpture
Pablo Picasso
Print - 19.5 x 27.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 7.7 x 10.8 x 0.1 inch
€8,800
Peintre au travail avec modèle barbu et une spectatrice en tailleur
Pablo Picasso
Print - 41.5 x 54 x 0.2 cm Print - 16.3 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch
€8,200
Dans l'Atelier
Pablo Picasso
Print - 39 x 52 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.4 x 20.5 x 0.1 inch
€12,800 €11,520
Le Modèle et son Peintre
Pablo Picasso
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€12,900 €11,610
Le Peintre et Son Modèle
Pablo Picasso
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€12,950
Deux femmes accroupies
Pablo Picasso
Print - 50 x 65 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
€12,800
Les Bleus de Barcelone
Pablo Picasso
Print - 41.5 x 54 x 0.2 cm Print - 16.3 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch
€9,500 €8,550
Peintre au travail
Pablo Picasso
Print - 44.8 x 55.3 x 0.2 cm Print - 17.6 x 21.8 x 0.1 inch
€11,800 €10,620
Roi et Reine
Pablo Picasso
Print - 41.5 x 47.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 16.3 x 18.7 x 0.1 inch
€5,800 €5,220
Figures Mythologiques
Pablo Picasso
Print - 41 x 47 x 0.2 cm Print - 16.1 x 18.5 x 0.1 inch
€5,800 €5,220
Venus et l'Amour, dans le style du XVIIe siècle
Pablo Picasso
Print - 54.5 x 56.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 21.5 x 22.2 x 0.1 inch
€13,500 €11,475
Femme au visage vert
Zafi
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
Une Femme Naturelle
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 160 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
€18,836
Peintre peignant la nuque de son jeune modèle
Pablo Picasso
Print - 25 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.8 x 12.8 x 0 inch
€19,800
Jeune femme tirant la moustache d'un gentilhomme en train de tortiller son jonc
Pablo Picasso
Print - 41.8 x 32.7 cm Print - 16.5 x 12.9 inch
€8,000
Peintre et modèle qui se cache le visage
Pablo Picasso
Print - 32.5 x 41 cm Print - 12.8 x 16.1 inch
€8,000
Relaxing Blues
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 160 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€8,600
Waiting for the third
Liana Asatryan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€580 €493
Le peintre, la muse et son chat
Zafi
Painting - 120 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€8,500
Petite sieste dans l'atelier
Zafi
Painting - 120 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€12,000
Brodlim x Julien Raynaud
Julien Raynaud
Design - 105 x 155 x 3 cm Design - 41.3 x 61 x 1.2 inch
€2,200
L’infirmière de l'hôpital Rothschild
Zafi
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€8,000
La famille de monsieur Ruiz
Zafi
Painting - 200 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
€20,000
Cubism
Cubism developed in Paris in the early 20th century, under not only the watchful gaze of Pablo Picasso, but also Georges Braque. Although Braque is arguably a convert to Cubism, they are considered to be joint leaders of the movement.
The artists channelled Cézanne's idea that art should not directly reproduce nature, but rather exist alongside it. Between 1907 and 1912, the artists produced the first examples of “Analytical Cubism," where they conveyed a sombre and unexpected depiction of the world. Natural forms were reduced to geometric, inorganic and lifeless shapes. It was Louis Vauxcelles who coined the term "Cubism" in his criticism of Braque's work. He accused the painter of reducing everything "with geometric contours to cubes." Cubism was initially heavily disliked by critics and poorly received by the public; who was arguably not ready for such an avant-garde artistic concept. However, regardless of its criticism, the style was still adopted by many artists including Spanish painter, Juan Gris.
From 1911 onwards, Cubism became more aesthetically pleasing and therefore more accessible to the public. This was largely due to Fernand Léger's bright and vibrant works, which were a lot more optimistic than previous Cubist renderings. This lead to a second wave of Cubism, known as "Synthetic Cubism." Synthetic Cubist works lacked depth and focussed more on composition, shape, and bright colours, as opposed to the systematic approach of Analytical Cubism. The aesthetic of Synthetic Cubism proved a lot more popular than previous years; revolutionising 20th century modern art.
Pablo Picasso: In 1907, Pablo Picasso unveiled what is considered to be the first Cubist painting, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. He created this painting as a response to his friend and rival Henri Matisse's Bonheur de Vivre. Picasso was particularly inspired by primitive art and Paul Gauguin. He frequently painted controversial subjects, such as prostitutes in brothels.
Georges Braque: along with Picasso, Braque was the spearhead of the movement. In 1908, during his stay in l'Estaque, a district of Marseille, he painted several cubist landscapes. These landscapes piqued the interest of art dealer, Daniel Henri Kahnweiler, who organised the first ever Cubist exhibition in his gallery.
Fernand Léger: the artist introduced bright colours and compositions to his works; rendering them more optimistic than the previous Cubist works by Braque and Picasso. The Exit of the Russian Ballet is one of his most notable works.
Juan Gris: The young Spanish painter painted his first cubist painting in 1912. His Portrait of Pablo Picasso is one of his most famous works. The depiction of Picasso is less harsh and much brighter than in the early Cubist works.
Almost all the major artists who succeeded in finding a distinctive style before the First World War, would have experienced a Cubist phase at one time or another. This includes figures such as: Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, František Kupka, Robert Delaunay and Piet Mondrian. However, Cubism has hugely impacted the history of art in both the 20th and 21st centuries, and the influence of this movement can still be felt today. Discover contemporary artists such as Vik Muniz, Miguel Guia, Julien Raynaud and Timothy Archeron who were inspired by this revolutionary movement.