NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Puteaux Group

The Puteaux Group is the name applied to a group of European artists and critics associated with Cubism but because of their unique style, were branded a Cubist offshoot called Orphism. The group was formed around 1911 by gathering regularly to discuss their views at the home of Jacques Villon in Puteaux, which was at that time a village in the western outskirts of Paris, France. Woman with a guitar by Georges Braque, 1913 Cubist house in Prague Cubism was an avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture in the early 20th century. ... Orphism or Orphic cubism, is a term coined in 1912 France by the poet Guillaume Apollinaire. ... Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 - June 9, 1963) was a French Cubist painter and printmaker. ... Puteaux is a city in France, in the western suburbs of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

The group's name was adopted by them in order to distinguish themselves from the narrower definition of Cubism developed earlier by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in the Montmartre quarter of Paris. They came to prominence in the wake of their controversial showing at the Salon des Indépendants in the spring of 1911. Young Pablo Picasso The first cubist painting, Les Demoiselles dAvignon (1907) Pablo Picasso, formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso, (October 25, 1881 â€“ April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art, probably most famous as the founder, along with Georges Braque, of Cubism. ... Violin and Candlestick, Paris, spring 1910 (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) Georges Braque (May 13, 1882 – August 31, 1963) was a French painter and sculptor, and with Pablo Picasso one of the inventors of Cubism. ... (1897), a painting by Camille Pissarro of the boulevard that led to Montmartre as seen from his hotel room. ... Salon des IndÃ©pendants is an exhibition of art held annually since 1884 in Paris, France. ...

Categories: Cubism | Orphism | Art of France Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire (August 26, 1880 â€“ November 9, 1918) was a poet, writer, and art critic. ... Robert Delaunay (born April 12, 1885 in Paris, France; died October 25, 1941 in Montpellier, France), French impressionist artist. ... Marcel Duchamp (July 28, 1887 â€“ October 2, 1968) was an influential French/American artist. ... Raymond Duchamp-Villon (November 5, 1876 - October 9, 1918) was a French sculptor. ... Albert Gleizes, born December 8, 1881 _ died June 23, 1953 was a French painter. ... František Kupka (September 23, 1871 - June 24, 1957) was a Czech painter. ... Joseph Fernand Henri LÃ©ger (February 4, 1881 - August 17, 1955) was an artist. ... Jean Metzinger (1883-1956) was a French painter. ... Francis-Marie Martinez Picabia (January 28, 1879 - November 30, 1953) was a well-known painter and poet born of a French mother and a Spanish father who was an attaché at the Cuban legation in Paris, France. ... Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 - June 9, 1963) was a French Cubist painter and printmaker. ...