“Cubism, the most influential art movement of the early twentieth century, still resonates today. It destroyed traditional illusionism in painting and radically changed the way we see the world. The Leonard A. Lauder Collection, unsurpassed in its holdings of Cubist art, is now a promised gift to the Museum.”
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition includes…”eighty paintings, collages, drawings, and sculpture by the four preeminent Cubist artists: Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963), Juan Gris (Spanish, 1887–1927), Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955), and Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973).”
The Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection
Closes February 15, 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
FYI: Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso…instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context. (per Wikipedia)
(Image: “Man at the Café”, Juan Gris 1914)
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