Cubist Portrait Of A Man In A Hat

Cubist Portrait Of A Man In A HatA mid 20th century cubist oil painting depicting a man in a hat. The Cubist movement of the early 20th century was revolutionary in its approach. Artists, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, sought to convey more about a subject by bringing several views together in the same image. By doing so, they reflect the fact that in reality we rarely see an object from one set angle as our perspectives continually change. Part of the fun of Cubism is trying to

Several figures are desperately clinging onto a small boat that’s partially submerged amid wild waters

Working back from this date gives our subject a birth year of 1588 and to put that into context

Year of creation 1919

Canvas relined

The work is signed/dated in the lower right

raspberries and a curious snail

The portrait is signed/dated in the lower left

The driver peers out of the window as he takes a corner at high speed

A charming little painting of a contented French fisherman resting his chin on his arm

They also frame our view and create a romantic canopy for this rural idyll

With the nearest buildings being blocked in with red

Her left hand is resting on an iron gate as she looks upon a garden belonging to a small thatched cottage