NEW YORK, N.Y. — Cubism is — we have been told — an artistic movement that strives to break down the falsehoods of art. Rather than emulate and create the illusion of reality, cubism did the opposite ...
“Henri who?” is the likely response to his name. Only specialists know of him. Yet for a few short years before World War I, Henri Le Fauconnier (1881-1946) was acclaimed by critics and artists alike ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. Of all the things a painter might depict, a mirror is one of ...
Probably the most famed cubist painting in the world is Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase, which now hangs in the Hollywood home of Walter Conrad Arensberg. Last week Los An-geles newshawks ...