Yana Fenech: Cubism

Cubism

This is an art movement known as cubism. It was one of the first very modern art movements the world had ever known. Cubism was started by one of greatest and most famous artist in the history of art; Pablo Picasso. Cubism was a beautiful concept in art history, it featured various shifting view points and breaking objects and scenes up and building them up again in a different way.

George Braque and Picasso where painting at the same time in Paris. They were very influenced by the passed impressionism of the previous era.

Paul Cezanne

As an artist it is said that Cezanne formed or created a bridge between Impressionism and Cubism. His work laid the foundations of modern art as we know it in the 20th century. Cezanne’s style and brushstrokes seem to be highly distinguishable from other artists of his era. It was very common for him to used small brushstrokes that merge together and build up a complex fields of colour. A lot of his paintings depict and show Cezanne’s intense study and observation of his subject. Many painters famous of this era, such as Matisse and Picasso regard Cezanne as the father of Cubism and an influencer and mentor to all of them.

Henri Matisse

Originally known for his skill in draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman by trade and, but is known primarily as a skilful painter, commonly regarded together with the likes of Pablo Picasso. Matisse is regarded as one of the artists who helped define plastic arts and responsible for various revolutionary developments in painting and sculpture. His expressive use of colour and drawing, displayed in his work spanning over a half-century, won him great recognition as a leading figure head in modern art.

Analytical Cubism

This is the method of breaking down a subject and depicting it in a way that all sides can be seen. When we look at the early cubism of Picasso and Braque they were working with primitive ideas and looks, most of the time they had nothing to go by and this was something that created and defined their style.

Pablo Picasso