For a long time, collage technique was present in the long list of human creative activities, but it was rarely considered an ...

Prior to the painting, Picasso had become famous as one of the founders of Cubism, a style of art in which the subject or object in the painting appears fragmented into geometric forms.

Venerated today as a co-inventor of Cubism, which he developed in spirited competition with Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, Gris is widely celebrated for pioneering a new kind of art.

Stooss added that Swiss collectors were quite “revolutionary” in their enthusiasm for Cubism – the first Picasso painting was acquired as early as 1907. “We have one of the first paintings ...

Picasso's most expensive painting to sell at auction was Les Femmes ... most notably inspiring "Cubism", which shows objects or people from many angles at the same time. In a career spanning ...