What artwork was called as the Mona Lisa of Cubism?
Tea Time
Tea Time (1911) – Jean Metzinger Referred to as ‘The Mona Lisa of Cubism’ by art critic André Salmon, who saw the piece at the 1911 Salon d’Automne in Paris, Tea Time features a woman having a cup of tea – shown in two perspectives – all composed of geometric shapes.
What does Ma Jolie represent?
Ma jolie (My pretty girl) was the refrain of a popular song performed at a Parisian music hall Picasso frequented. Ma jolie was also Picasso’s nickname for his lover Marcelle Humbert, whose figure he loosely built using the signature shifting planes of Analytic Cubism.
Is Ma Jolie abstract?
Ma Jolie is a 1911–1912 Cubist painting by Pablo Picasso. It relies on abstract meanings and concepts such as signified and signifier. It is now in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
When did Georges Braque paint houses at l’Estaque?
Houses at l’Estaque. Houses at l’Estaque (French: Maisons à l’Estaque, or Maisons et arbre) is a 1908 oil painting by Georges Braque. It is considered either an important Proto-Cubist landscape or the first Cubist landscape.
How big are the houses at l’Estaque?
Houses at l’Estaque Artist Georges Braque Year 1908 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 40.5 cm × 32.5 cm (15.9 in × 12.7 in)
Why did Paul Cezanne paint the cube in L’Estaque?
The painting prompted art critic Louis Vauxcelles to mock it as being composed of cubes which led to the name of the movement. It is a response to works by Paul Cézanne who also lived in L’Estaque at times. This painting by Braque was refused at the Salon d’Automne in 1908.
How are the houses arranged in Picasso’s L’Estaque?
The houses have been arranged into a pyramid and those in a distance have been pushed closer to the foreground, therefore the viewer looks up the canvas more than into it. So to conclude the overall technique Braque used in this painting, it is very clear that he simplified and reorganized the scene.