Cubism
was one of the most influential visual art styles of the early twentieth
century. It was created by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973)
and Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963) in Paris between 1907 and 1914.
The
French art critic Louis Vauxcelles coined the term Cubism after seeing the
landscapes Braque had painted in 1908 at L'Estaque in emulation of Cézanne. Vauxcelles called
the geometric forms in the highly abstracted works "cubes." Other
influences on early Cubism have been linked to Primitivism and non-Western
sources. The stylization and distortion of Picasso's ground-breakingLes
Demoiselles d'Avignon (Museum of Modern Art, New York), painted in 1907,
came from African art. Picasso had first seen African art when, in May or June
1907, he visited the ethnographic museum in the Palais du Trocadéro in Paris.
Rewald, Sabine. "Cubism".(October 2004) In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cube/hd_cube.htm
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