Information on the Cubism Art Movement and Cubism Artists (CUBISTS)

2.  The Cubist art movement began in Paris around 1907. Led by Pablo Picasso
and Georges Braque, the Cubists broke from centuries of tradition in their
painting by rejecting the single viewpoint. Instead they used an analytical
system in which three-dimensional subjects were fragmented and redefined
from several different points of view simultaneously.
 The movement was conceived as ‘a new way of representing the world’, and
assimilated outside influences, such as African art, as well as new theories on
the nature of reality, such as Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
 Cubism is often divided into two phases – the Analytic phase (1907-12), and
the Synthetic phase (1913 through the 1920s). The initial phase attempted to
show objects as the mind, not the eye, perceives them.
 The Synthetic phase featured works that were composed of fewer and simpler
forms, in brighter colours. Other major exponents of Cubism included Robert
Delaunay, Francis Picabia, Jean Metzinger, Marcel Duchamp and Fernand
Léger.

3.  George Braque

4.  Pablo Picasso

5.  Fernand Leger

6.  Piet Mondrian

7.  Sir Jacob Epstein

8.  Juan Gris