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Cubism, which began in France in 1907, was influenced by artists like Paul Cézanne and marked a significant departure from traditional Western art. Key figures such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque developed this movement, characterized by fragmentation, multiple perspectives, and geometric shapes, ultimately leading to its establishment as a new visual language by the end of World War I. Although short-lived, Cubism has had a lasting impact on modern art and continues to influence various artistic disciplines.

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Cubism, which began in France in 1907, was influenced by artists like Paul Cézanne and marked a significant departure from traditional Western art. Key figures such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque developed this movement, characterized by fragmentation, multiple perspectives, and geometric shapes, ultimately leading to its establishment as a new visual language by the end of World War I. Although short-lived, Cubism has had a lasting impact on modern art and continues to influence various artistic disciplines.

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Etsub Girma (ETS0564/14)


Kalkidan Getahun (ETS0891/14)
Development
Began in France
during 1907, due to a
rapidly changing
world shaped by
technology, new
inventions and
scientific discoveries.
During the beginning of
20th century Paul
Cézanne had an event
at the Salon d’Automne
in Paris which had an
immediate and Paul Cézanne (1839 – 1906)
profound impact on the
young artists of the day.
The effect of the exhibit
becomes clear when we
look at Picasso’s painting
“The Young Ladies of
Avignon”, which was
painted the same year.

It is considered to be the
first Cubist paintings,
marking a radical break
from the style of Western
European art in the past.
The Young Ladies of Avignon
Pablo Picasso
After George Braque
saw the painting, he
was very amazed and
the two artists began
formulating the new
visual language
“modernity”.
Inspiration
Besides Cezanne, the
cubist were greatly
influenced by African,
Naïve American
cultures also Assyrian
and Egyptian art, and
Liberian sculpture.
Cubist art introduced
the popularity of mask-
like faces in paintings.
“I learned what painting
was really about after
seeing African masks at
the Ethnographic
Museum in Paris.”
- Pablo Picasso
This radical new aesthetic
created a strange and
disturbing feeling to most
audiences of the day. So
strange that after seeing
Braque’s painting, “Houses
at L’Estaque”,art critic
Louis’s Vauxcelles refered to
it as “cubic oddities”.

Unaware that he actually


named the movement.
Thus, Cubism was officially
born.
Houses at L’Estaque
Georges Braque
The Cubist decided to
break from the belief
that a painting should
be a window onto a
realistic scene and
instead show it as it
truly is – a flat, 2D
surface.

Thus Picasso and


Braque started
analyzing objects from
different perspectives.
Characteristics

• Fragmentation of objects
• Multiple perspectives
• Geometric shapes
• Flattened picture plane
• Abstract
• Simplified shapes
• Rearrangement of objects
Stages
I. ANALYTICAL CUBISM

uses few colors because


the cubist wanted the
viewer to concentrate The Old Guitarist Guitar Player
on the shapes more For example look at the difference between
these two paintings of Picasso, the first one is
than the color. from his early Blue periods while the other is
from the latter days of Analytic cubism.
That’s why the paintings
of this stage look
austere, formal and
cold.
Dance of the Veils Guitar and Fruit Dish
Pablo Picasso Georges Braque
1907 1909
Nu à la cheminée The portrait of Maurice Raynal
Jean Metzinger Juan Gris
1910 1911
I. SYNTHETIC CUBISM
• started after 1912. The term refers to creating a synthesis of
fragments from the real world.

• Characterised by simpler shapes and brighter colours

• Cubist started painting real objects like newspaper, colored


paper or cloth onto the canvas .

• This stage introduced more colors and lighter, more playful


mood to the style.
Bottle, glass, violin
Pablo Picasso
Violin and Newspaper 1912
(Musical Forms)
Georges Braque
1912
Notable artists
and their works
Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish
painter, sculptor, printmaker,
ceramicist, and theatre designer • By the end of the first world war, cubism had established
who spent most of his adult life in itself as the new visual language of modernity. The
France. original movement lasted through the 1920s, although
Born: October 25, 1881 many of its protagonists continued to work for decades.
Died: April 8, 1973
• One of them was Picasso. In 1937, he painted an
immensely powerful anti-war piece “Guernica” inspired
by the Nazi bombing of a small Basque town in Northern
Spain during the Spanish Civil War. This painting become
the most famous paintings from Picasso which was
considered a masterpiece of the universal quality.
Weeping Woman Card Player
1937 1913-1914

Woman with mustard pot Head


1913 1913-1914
Georges Braque was a major 20th-century French
painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and
sculptor.
Born: 13 May 1882
Died: 31 August 1963

Juan Gris
Still lifeAlbert Gelizes
with Metronome NewLarge
York-1915
nude
Man with Guitar
others

Fernard Leger

The City 1919

Juan Gris Portrait of Pablo Picasso 1912 Fernand Léger

Leger FernardLege

Jean Metzinger Table by a window 1917 Juan Gris


Albert Gelizes New York-1915
Influences
In Italy--- the Cubist inspired Futurism
UK---Vorticism
Russia--- Constructivism
Germany---Expressionism

Also believed to have some influence on Dadaist and Surrealists.

The movement also influenced modernist novelist and


poets of the same period, such as James Joyce,
Gertrude Stein, William Faulkner and the king and
queen of Fashion Paul Poiret and Coco chanel.
Musicologists even find traces of Cubism in Igor
Stavasky’s work.
Conclusion
Although the original movement
was short-lived, Cubism has had a
lasting influence on the 20th
century art paving a way for many
modernist art movements to
come. It is one of the most well-
known art styles today, with many
of its works worth hundreds of
millions of dollars.

Example: Pablo Picasso's 1932


painting “ woman with a Watch”
has been sold for $139.3 million at
an auction in New York on
November 06, 2023. It is the
second highest price achieved for
the painter’s work.
The woman with a watch
Pablo Picasso
Thank You!

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