Evaluation

i have listed all the different artists that made cubism such an amazing art movement, I've related it to two different art movements, that been fauvism, which helped Georges Braque get ideas for which became cubism, and surrealism through Picasso's synthetic cubism and Max Ernst dream painting. I've involved the manifesto which describes the different techniques used within cubism. throughout my blog i have used pictures from Google images then gone to there main sites to double check I'm getting the right piece of art work. i have received all the info about the artists from there very own biography online sites, read what they had to say, reworded it and used what i thought was relevant.

Albert Gleizes

Albert Gleizes, born in Paris 1881 representative of cubism. started hes life out painting landscapes in the impressionist style. he joined the cubist circle around Robert Delaunay in 1910. soon he discovered hes own pictorial language which dismantles the objects and reassembles them rhythmically, like in futurism. after serving 5 years millitary service and traveling all over the world, he transformed his artwork adding christian medievel style to his cubist work and ended up looking like this:

 

link between cubism and surrealist art

Max Morise was the one that suggested that cubism was very much alike surrealism, he came to the conclusion that cubism was another version of drawing in the unconscious min, in other words automatic drawing. synthetic cubism was also thought as automatism, as a way of placing the ready made as part of the picture relying thoroughly on the painters imagination. surrealist's said that there was hardly any difference between the cubism collages of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braques and the dream collages of Ernst.
Pablo Picasso synthetic cubism:

 Ernst dream collage:

two very different art styles looking pretty much the works of the same artist. the difference been that surrealists enjoyed landscapes in there pictures unlike cubism which was mainly based around portraiture. Picasso replied that hes work wasn't automatic, he went on about how automatic drawing can be a way of saying hes work was done by chance, but he said that it was all down to hes creative mind and just chance that synthetic cubism ended up looking like dream painting.

this information is referenced from the book: cubism and its enemies by Christopher Green

fernad l'eger

he was one of the original cubists, born 1881. his mature paintings was concentrated on the human figure. at this point in time Paris was seen as the focus point, where any artist would want to visit or relocate to to push his own goals and boundaries as he see's art. there was numerous art styles at this time such as fauvism, post impressionism and art nouveau. there was many famous artists working at this time, such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, who would effect the entire history of modern art. Leger, born 1881, moved to Paris in 1900's where he worked as an architectural draftsman. during this point in time he was influenced by Henri Matisse and Paul Cezanne, and became good friends with the artist Henri Rousseau. 1906 he devoted himself to painting, and in 1910 slowly his art style changed to cubism. Leger's early works reflects most of the basic outcomes of cubist art work. flattening the 3D object so you see all sides of the object from one angle, bringing every possible angle to the front.

jean metzinger

born in Nantes, 1883, and also where he spent his entire youth. he enjoyed a thorough education and attended painting classes taught by the artist Hypollite Touront, a well known portrait painter of his time. Metzinger was interested in the current changes in painting and loved the neo-impressionist look, the abandonment of shading and mixing colors. he continued to use Neo-impressionism but managed to develop a mosaic like color in his painting. 1905-1908 was hes first artist peak where he was noticed for his impressive artwork.

this is an example of neo-impressionism. Metzingers works in 1909 was finally heading towards analytical cubism but was rejected by the critics. 1920's was his most successful years. 

juan gris

Gris, born in Spain, 1887, studied art alongside the artist Jos'e maria Carbonero. in 1906 he moved to Paris and became friends with Georges Braque, Henri Matisse, Fernand Leger, and in 1915 was painted by hes friend Amedeo Modigliani.

in Paris he followed another friend and fellow artist, Pablo Picasso. his portrait of Pablo Picasso in 1912 was a significant early cubist painting done by a painter other than Picasso and Braques. although he submitted humorous illustrations to journals, Gris began to paint properly in 1910. by 1912 he developed a personal unique cubist style. at first painted in the analytical cubist style but in 1915, began hes conversion to synthetic cubism. unlike Picasso and Braques whose work was unnaturally alike, Gris liked to use bright colors. major Gris exhibitions were held in the gallery Simone in Paris. although he regarded Picasso as a teacher, Gertrude Stein said that Gris, "was the one person Picasso would willingly wipe of the map".

georges braque

he was the founder of cubist art as well as Pablo Picasso, his first cubist art named 'nude' in 1907. both his farther and grandfather was talented artists, so was practically born into the art way of thinking. he went to hes local Ecol Des Beaux art school but failed hes exams, leaving hes parents to train him as a local painter decorator. in Paris Braque gained a craftsmanship diploma and through a relationship with Raoul Duffy and Othon Friesz became involved in the fauvist movement.
fauvism was the first major modern art movement of the 1900's. this movement had a short life but influenced many artists. also had a strong impact on German expressionism. Henri Matisse was the founder of fauvism. other artists included was Andre Derain, Raoul Duffy, Maurice De Vlaminck and Georges Rouault. this group of french artists called themselves the Fauves, English translates to wild beasts. the Fauves did not express political statements, ethical opinions, philosophical or psychological ideas in there paintings, instead they painted subjects which expressed feelings of pleasure, joy and comfort. the Fauves favored intense colors and rough brush strokes. they never painted objects in there natural colors, e.g wouldn't paint grass as green, they would use the colors such as purple, red or yellow.