What is Cubism?
Q: What is Cubism?
A: Cubism was a significant art movement of the 20th century that began in France in 1907 and flourished until the 1920s.
Q: Who were the pioneers of Cubism?
A: Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso were the pioneers of Cubism.
Q: What was the title of Pablo Picasso's early Cubist work?
A: Pablo Picasso's early Cubist work was titled "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon," painted in 1907.
Q: Which Georges Braque painting prompted the critic Louis Vauxcelles to refer to "cubic oddities"?
A: Georges Braque's painting "Houses at L’Estaque," painted in 1908, prompted the critic Louis Vauxcelles to refer to "cubic oddities" or "bizarreries cubiques."
Q: When was the first group exhibition by Cubists held?
A: The first organized group exhibition by Cubists took place at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris in the spring of 1911.
Q: Who were some of the artists whose works were exhibited at the first Cubist exhibition?
A: The first Cubist exhibition included works by Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Fernand Léger, Robert Delaunay, and Henri Le Fauconnier, but no works by Picasso and Braque were exhibited.
Q: What were the three phases of Cubism according to one art historian?
A: According to one art historian, there were three phases of Cubism: "Early Cubism," "High Cubism," and "Late Cubism." The first phase was from 1906 to 1908 when the movement was initially developed by Picasso and Braque. The second phase was from 1909 to 1914, during which Juan Gris emerged as an important exponent after 1911. Finally, "Late Cubism" was the last phase of Cubism as a radical avant-garde movement, from 1914 to 1921.
