Cubism Paintings for Sale

Cubist style art

Cubism belongs to the Western European trends in art. It arose within the framework of modernism. The ideas of cubism spread to painting and sculpture. But, as is often the case when we talk about modernism, the concept that underlay this style influenced other areas of culture: architecture, literature, and even music of the XXth century. And today we hear echoes of the concepts of cubism in many areas of art. The first cubist artwork belongs to Georges Braque. This painting is called “House in Estaca”. He first presented it during the Salon d’Automne, which took place in Paris in 1908. At that time, another famous French artist, Henri Matisse, took part in the jury. It was he who noticed that the picture of Georges Braque looks “strange as if written in cubes”. Apparently, since then, works made in this manner have begun to be called cubist. The meaning of cubism is really difficult to overestimate. Let’s start with the fact that this art is based on a powerful conceptual, ideological message. This message was first formulated in the manifestos of Gleizes and Metzinger, and then found its final expression in the book of Guillaume Appolinaire “Cubist Painters. Aesthetic Reflections”. According to the author, the art of the cubist style solved the problems that arose in the course of the evolution of art. Cubism was in some way a reaction to impressionism, which leveled form in favor of color and light. Therefore, artists sought to once again do justice to the form. They used in their works the principles of constructiveness, linearity, alternation of color and plane, and composition rhythm. It is this, taken together, that constitutes the key characteristics of cubism.

Famous cubist paintings

So what are cubist style paintings? The most famous works in this style are associated with the names of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Salvador Dali, Piet Mondrian, Juan Gris, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Klee, David Hockney and others. Special attention should be paid to the types of instruments in cubist paintings. The cubists sought to convey the object simultaneously from all sides, to show the objects of the surrounding world in action, in rhythm. Thus, the plurality of points of view and the principle of simultaneity underlie cubism as a style. The cubists were not satisfied with the transfer of space alone, they also sought to depict time. The cubists looked for ideas and inspiration in simple everyday things. It was they who appeared in the best cubist paintings. In addition, the cubism painting techniques were complemented by the use of a special palette: brown, green tones, and ocher. We rarely see the sky in the paintings of the cubists, because they preferred the depiction of things and objects. You can often find cubist paintings still life. This is especially true of the works of Juan Gris, who often depicted compositions from objects, which can be considered a specific cubist still life.

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Today, cubism has already become a classic. Therefore, it is not surprising that so many people yearn to have cubism art in their collections. If you love complex intellectual art, ambiguous and decipherable composition, complex perspective, and the unique spatio-temporal structure of the image, then you also like this style. Cubism art ideas today can be found not only in contemporary art but even in fashion, and in ordinary things that surround us. We hope you enjoy visiting the famous cubist painting gallery — José Art Gallery.