30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm.) This dynamic painting likely from the 1960s is signed R. York Wilson lower right. Toronto-born R. York Wilson (1907-1984) had a successful career as a commercial artist ...

Determining the 10 most famous Cubist paintings in an objective and scientific way is impossible, because there is no way of knowing how many people have heard of just one cubist painting, let alone ...

Picasso’s groundbreaking 1909 cubist portrait, Femme Assise, will go to auction at Sotheby’s London on June 21. The painting—reportedly inspired by his lover and frequent model Fernande ...

IN a warren of studios and flats known as “the wash house,” at No. 13 Rue Ravignan in Paris, Pablo Picasso in 1907 painted a canvas that was to become historic. Space was carved out in simple planes ...

‘Gris’ may mean ‘gray’ in Spanish and French, but Juan Gris’ Cubist still lifes are more than that simple combination of black and white. Cubism in Color: The Still Lifes of Juan Gris, now on view at ...

There are lots of good reasons for disliking ethnic nationalism. (Number one? It's always been a good excuse for slaughter.) But here's a reason I'd never thought of before: It can make a good artist ...

This week’s art picks include an artist who gives failed paintings a new life as stitched-up pseudo-Cubist forms; a new design-focused gallery lights up Chinatown; and paintings that use palindromes ...

There are so many movements, groups, genres, and areas of discipline within the history of art. From Cubism to Postmodernism, movements have shaped the way art is created and remembered. Ultimately, ...

Houses at l’Estaque is a landscape painted by the Georges Braque and is often considered one of the first Cubist paintings, although some art historians consider it a Proto-Cubist painting. An ...