StartFinish

Play the

2 player game. What you need: a dice, and two pieces (can be anything, just a small object) Rules: each player rolls the dice - highest number goes first. Roll the dice to move through the cubist painting; first to the finish line wins.

Your dad wants you to be a house painter instead; GO BACK 3

Picasso paintsLes Demoiselles; GO AHEAD 2

Africanmasks inspire; GO AHEAD 3

Kahnweile

r sells

a painting

; GO

AHEAD

2

Studiohas noheat; GOBACK 2

You’rejealous ofBraque;GO BACK 3

An Artsology Printable from Artsology.com

CUBISTCHALLENGE

The Cubist Challenge Game, from Artsology’s “Arts Fun Book” Series

Historical notes related to the game, each item below matches one of the game directions for

players landing on a particular space:

“Studio has no heat” Many of the artist studios in Paris in the early 1900’s had no heat or

running water. La Bateau Lavoir, the studio where Picasso painted Les Demoiselles D’Avignon

was known as being very dark and dirty, which is why the rents there were so cheap for all of the

artists who congregated there. Picasso’s only source of heat was an old iron stove, but his

girlfriend Fernande once said that if any tea remained in the bottom of a cup in the evening, by

morning, it would be frozen.

“Your dad wants you to be a house painter instead” Georges Braque was the son of a French

house painter, who had hoped for his son to continue in the family trade. Instead, Braque chose

an art career but always maintained a deep appreciation and respect for craftsmanship.

“Kahnweiler sells a painting” Daniel-Henry Kahnwheiler was an art gallery owner in Paris

beginning in 1907, and he was among the first champions of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and

Cubism.

“African Masks inspire” – In the early 1900’s, Pablo Picasso was influenced by Gauguin,

Cézanne, African masks and Iberian sculpture, all of which came together to inspire his

development of the cubist style.

“You’re jealous of Braque.” Even though Picasso may be considered the most famous Cubist

painter, it is known that he was often jealous of Braque’s innovations and ideas.

“Picasso paints Les Demoiselles D’Avignon” – it was a radical painting at the time (1907), as

the women are portrayed with angular and disjointed body shapes. Art historians consider this to

be one of the most important “Proto-Cubist” paintings, which was the trend towards radical

geometrization of form and a reduction or limitation of the color palette. Cubism as a movement

wasn’t really named “Cubism” until 1911, so this striking painting was a major inspiration for

Picasso and Braque to move in the direction of what became known as Cubism.

An Artsology Printable from Artsology.com