Cubism led to abstraction and necessitated new ways of looking at art.Īt its climax, Braque and Picasso brought Analytic Cubism almost to the point of complete abstraction. The monochromatic color scheme was suited to the presentation of complex, multiple views of the object, which was now reduced to overlapping opaque and transparent planes. Cubist painters were not bound to copying form, texture, color, and space instead, they presented a new reality in paintings that depicted radically fragmented objects whose several sides were seen simultaneously. The Cubist style emphasized the flat, twodimensional surface of the picture plane, rejecting the traditional techniques of perspective, foreshortening, and modeling as well as refuting time-honored theories of art as imitation of nature. As Braque would recall, “Picasso is Spanish and I’m French: we know all the differences that entails, but during those years the differences didn’t count”. Some of their paintings are so similar that many critics find it difficult to tell them apart. They were inventing a new style together, and both artists are credited for the development of Cubism. They compared their work and debated new possibilities.
During the summer of 1911 they spent time together in the south of France in Céret, a popular artists’ colony. Beginning in 1908, Picasso and Braque deepened their relationship until it verged on collaboration. Although both artists worked independently in their own studios, they met frequently to discuss their progress and learn from each other. Inspired by the volumetric treatment of form by the French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cézanne, Picasso and Georges Braque (1882– 1963) embarked on Cubism’s first stage of development. 1973, Mougins, France), one of the most dynamic and influential artists of the 20th century, experimented with many different artistic styles during his long career, including the historic introduction of Cubism.Ĭubism is widely regarded as the most innovative and influential artistic style of the past century. “In my opinion to search means nothing in painting.
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