English art historian Ernst Gombrich deduces the origins of Cubism from the work of the French artist Paul Cezanne, citing as an example of his work "Mount Saint-Victoire from Bellevue" and "Mountains in Provence", as well as his response to the letter of young Pablo Picasso: "In one of the letters Cezanne recommends the young artist to view nature as a collection of simple forms - spheres, cones, cylinders. He meant that these basic forms must be kept in consciousness as the organizing principle of the picture. Picasso and his friends took the advice literally. "
The emergence of Cubism is traditionally dated 1905-1907 years and associated with the work of Pablo Picasso and J. Braque. The term "cubism" appeared in 1908, after Henri Matisse, after seeing the landscapes of the House in Estaca, written by J. Braque in 1908 exclaimed "What are the cubes"
The emergence of Cubism is traditionally dated 1905-1907 years and associated with the work of Pablo Picasso and J. Braque. The term "cubism" appeared in 1908, after Henri Matisse, after seeing the landscapes of the House in Estaca, written by J. Braque in 1908 exclaimed "What are the cubes"