fruits acrylic on canvas

violin player cubist acrylic painting

The kiss – oil on canvas

guitar playerII

“Guitar Player”

acrylic on canvas 50 x 70 cm

Cubist movement in painting was developed by Picasso and Braque around 1907 and became a major influence on Western art. The artists chose to break down the subjects they were painting into a number of facets, showing several different aspects of one object simultaneously. The work up to 1912 is known as Analytical Cubism, concentrating on geometrical forms using subdued colors. The second phase, known as Synthetic Cubism, used more decorative shapes, stencilling, collage, and brighter colors. It was then that artists such as Picasso and Braque started to use pieces of cut-up newspaper in their paintings. After Cubism, the world never looked the same again : it was one of the most influential and revolutionary movements in art