Saturday, March 23, 2024

COLLAGE: the mark of synthetic cubism




the first work of synthetic cubism is Picasso's Still Life with Chair-caning (1911–1912), 

which includes oil cloth pasted on the canvas. at the upper left are the letters "JOU", which appear in many cubist paintings and may refer to a newspaper titled "Le Journal". 
newspaper clippings were a common inclusion in this style of cubism, whereby physical pieces of newspaper, sheet music, or the like were included in the collages.