1. Cubism (the first style of abstract art)

2. Founding Artists
Pablo Picasso – Picasso was the first to create cubist artwork after returning from a trip to Paris
Georges Braque – Braque created landscape scenes using geometric figures and often collaborated with Picasso
Paul Cezanne – Cezanne’s work was a prelude to the Cubism and Fauvism movements

3. The ‘Salon’ Cubists Robert Delaunay Sonia Delaunay Jean Metzinger
Raymond Duchamp-Villon

4. The Main Tenants of Cubism
Shifting Planes
Simplification of shapes
Deformation of figures
Different points of view on a single plane

6. Factory in Horta de Ebbo
Artist : Pablo Picasso
Medium : oil on canvas
Year : 1909

7. Viaduct at L'Estaque Artist : Georges Braque Medium : oil on canvas
Year : 1908

8. Violin and Glass
Artist : Juan Gris
Medium : oil on canvas
Year : 1915

9. Violin and Jug Artist : Georges Braque Medium : Oil on canvas
Year : 1910

10. Still life with mandolin and guitar
Artist : Georges Braque
Medium : oil on canvas
Year : 1924

11. Still Life with Chair Caning
Artist : Pablo Picasso
Medium : oil, on canvas
Year : 1912

12. Weeping Woman Artist : Pablo Picasso Medium : oil on canvas
Year : 1937

13. La Danse (the dance) Artist : Ossip Zadkine Medium : Bronze
Year : 1927
Location : Musee d’Orsay,
Paris

14. Candlestick and Playing Cards on a Table
Artist : Georges Braque
Medium : oil on canvas
Year : 1910
Location : Metropolitan
Museum of Art

15. Table by a Window Artist : Jean Metzinger Medium : oil on canvas
Year : 1917
Location : Metropolitan
Museum of Art

16. Still life and a Bottle of Rum
Artist : Pablo Picasso
Medium : oil on canvas
Year : 1911
Location : Metropolitan
Museum of Art

17. Portrait of a German Officer
Artist : Marsden Hartley
Medium : Oil on canvas
Year : 1914
Location : Metropolitan
Museum of Art