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Pablo Picasso
Born: 25 Oct 1881
Died: 08 April 1973
Georges Braque
Born: 13 May 1882
Died: 31 August 1963
- A new artistic style was needed to connect with a modern audience.
- Cubist artists simplify natural forms into geometric shapes.
- Cubism abandons perspective and realistic modeling of figures.
- Explores open forms and piercing figures and objects.
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Figure dans un Fauteuil
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1909
Tate Modern, London
Cubism: the most influential art movement of the 20th century that started in France.
Pablo Picasso
'Factory, 1909'
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1907
Museum of Modern Art, New York