Cubist Portraits For Sale

Discover Cubist Portraits for sale. Take your pick from an inviting mix of hand-selected portraits by up-and-coming artists such as Eva Humphrey Lahti, Sue McQueen and Mazen Khaddaj.

For drawing, collage or mixed-media portraits, Red Dress by Sue McQueen is worthy of attention. Inspired by the intricate, everchanging nature of both landscape and reality, her pieces have an eerie dreamlike quality which invites the viewer to look beyond the surface of her work.

In contrast, compare the use of acrylic and charcoal on paper in Marko Carving 2 by Eva Humphrey Lahti. Her vigorous and versatile portraits capture the very essence of cubist art; spontaneous, in motion and multiperspective.

A brief history of Cubism

Cubist artwork is generally identified by a visual exploration of multiple viewpoints, a fragmented subject, and the use of objects made from geometric or cube-like shapes. The style began as an avant-garde art movement at the beginning of the 20th century, which essentially reinvented European painting and sculpture. In simple terms, Cubism is the rejection of a single perspective in art and the simplification of form.

The movement was spearheaded by artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, who were inspired by the electric energy and vitality of Paris in the 1900s. Similar to the guiding principals of the Abstract movement, cubists attacked conventional standards of art. They decided that art needed to evolve to reflect the modern world, no longer simply serving to copy nature or reality. Like the new technologies radically stretching and modernising our means of travel and communication, the potential of artistic expression needed to expand too.

Types of Cubism

There were two types, or stages, of Cubism: Analytical Cubism (pre-1913) and Synthetic Cubism (post-1913). Analytical Cubism, the first stage, saw artists break down subject matter into blocks and reconstruct it from various viewpoints. For example, in Pedestal Table (1911) by George Braques.

Synthetic Cubism, the second stage, welcomed new materials into the composition. In Synthetic cubist work, artists use a collage of papers, newspapers and other quotidian items to represent said blocks or perspectives. For example, in Still Life before an Open Window (Place Ravignan) (1915) by Juan Gris.

The influence of Cubism on modern art and design can still be felt today, having paved the way for several later pioneering movements such as Futurism, Constructivism and Expressionism. Contemporary artists continue to explore and express the speed at which modern life accelerates with every new technological advancement or socio-cultural shift.

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    Recycled Lenin #15 by Oleksandr Balbyshev
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    Recycled Lenin #15 by Oleksandr Balbyshev
    Recycled Lenin #15
    Paintings - 120x120 cm
    Thaïs by Florina Aledo Perez
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    Thaïs by Florina Aledo Perez
    Thaïs
    Paintings - 63x43 cm
    Autoportrait by Florina Aledo Perez
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    Autoportrait by Florina Aledo Perez
    Autoportrait
    Paintings - 75x50 cm
    Flower Woman (Blue) by Shepard Fairey
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    Flower Woman (Blue) by Shepard Fairey
    Flower Woman (Blue)
    Prints - 61x45 cm
    Tôle à l'oiseau by François Davot
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    Tôle à l'oiseau by François Davot
    Tôle à l'oiseau
    Paintings - 92x60 cm
    Chinese mood by Igor Bitman
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    Chinese mood by Igor Bitman
    Chinese mood
    Prints - 36x55 cm
    La rose et la marée by James MacKeown
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    La rose et la marée by James MacKeown
    La rose et la marée
    Paintings - 162x97 cm
    Recycled Lenin #18 by Oleksandr Balbyshev
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    Recycled Lenin #18 by Oleksandr Balbyshev
    Recycled Lenin #18
    Paintings - 120x120 cm
    Homme amphore by Marie-Astrid Grivet
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    Homme amphore by Marie-Astrid Grivet
    Homme amphore
    Paintings - 92x65 cm
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    MODELLA IN POSA by Orazio Barbagallo
    MODELLA IN POSA
    Paintings - 40x30 cm
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    Amalthée by Florina Aledo Perez
    Amalthée
    Paintings - 100x40 cm
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    Miss quinacridone by Charlie Bobo
    Miss quinacridone
    Paintings - 54x81 cm
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    Tête en bleus by Marie-Astrid Grivet
    Tête en bleus
    Paintings - 81x100 cm
    Toujours là 2/12
    Sculpture - 40x40 cm
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    Femminilità by Hildegarde Handsaeme
    Femminilità
    Paintings - 70x50 cm
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    Thétis by Florina Aledo Perez
    Thétis
    Paintings - 100x80 cm
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    La mère et l'enfant by Flore Betty
    La mère et l'enfant
    Paintings - 130x97 cm
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    Le rêve d'Isis by Masa ZODROS
    Le rêve d'Isis
    Photography - 114x80 cm
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    Furies by Tribambuka
    Furies
    Paintings - 150x100 cmRent for $390 /mo
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    together women 1 by Sylvaine Catoire
    together women 1
    Paintings - 60x96 cm
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    Profils by Marie-Astrid Grivet
    Profils
    Paintings - 92x73 cm
    Herculanum
    Sculpture - 13x22 cm
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    L'envol by Flore Betty
    L'envol
    Paintings - 130x97 cm
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    Disegno 8 by Orazio Barbagallo
    Disegno 8
    Drawings - 29x21 cm
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    Empyrée by Nathalie Sizaret
    Empyrée
    Paintings - 19x13 cm
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    Harem by Boris Garanger
    Harem
    Paintings - 73x100 cm
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    Damier tôles-1 by François Davot
    Damier tôles-1
    Paintings - 88x115 cm
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