Cubism dismantled five centuries of fixed-point perspective in under a decade. Between 1907 and 1920, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque developed a way of painting that fractured objects into overlapping geometric planes, presenting multiple viewpoints within a single composition. The movement unfolded in two distinct phases. Analytic Cubism (1909-1912) re…
Works of Cubism are held in 136 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, National Museum in Warsaw, and Musée National d'Art Moderne.
Key artists
Work by these painters is spread across the museums listed below.
🇦🇲 Armenia
1 museum
Also in ArmeniaNational Gallery of Armenia (39)
🇦🇹 Austria
1 museum
Also in AustriaAlbertina (8)
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
1 museum
Also in Czech RepublicNational Gallery Prague (44)
🇩🇰 Denmark
1 museum
Also in DenmarkStatens Museum for Kunst (46)
🇫🇷 France
7 museums
Also in FranceMusée National d'Art Moderne (271)Musée Picasso (261)Fernand Léger National Museum (45)Musée d'art moderne de Paris (34)Picasso Museum (28)Musée d'Art moderne de Troyes (14)Collections of the Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art (13)
🇩🇪 Germany
3 museums
Also in GermanyMuseum Ludwig (47)Berggruen Museum (33)Sprengel Museum (8)
🇮🇱 Israel
1 museum
Also in IsraelIsrael Museum (23)
🇯🇵 Japan
1 museum
Also in JapanPola Museum of Art (23)
🇳🇱 Netherlands
5 museums
Also in NetherlandsMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen (46)Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (43)Kröller-Müller Museum (26)Museum van Bommel van Dam (13)Kunstmuseum Den Haag (12)
🇵🇱 Poland
1 museum
Also in PolandNational Museum in Warsaw (324)
🇵🇹 Portugal
1 museum
Also in PortugalCalouste Gulbenkian Museum (17)
🇷🇺 Russia
3 museums
Also in RussiaHermitage Museum (31)Tretyakov Gallery (10)Russian Museum (8)
🇪🇸 Spain
5 museums
Also in SpainMuseu Picasso (121)Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (67)Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso (29)Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (18)Museo Picasso Málaga (16)
🇸🇪 Sweden
1 museum
Also in SwedenModerna Museet (13)
🇨🇭 Switzerland
6 museums
Also in SwitzerlandKunstmuseum Basel (63)Beyeler Foundation (27)Kunsthaus Zürich (26)Rosengart Collection (23)Kunstmuseum Bern (20)Rupf Collection (11)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1 museum
Also in United KingdomTate (54)
🇺🇸 United States
11 museums
Also in United StatesNational Gallery of Art (907)Metropolitan Museum of Art (185)Museum of Modern Art (127)Philadelphia Museum of Art (80)Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (63)Art Institute of Chicago (48)Los Angeles County Museum of Art (33)Barnes Foundation (27)The Phillips Collection (13)Menil Collection (11)Buffalo AKG Art Museum (10)
86 more museums hold Cubism works with smaller collections, not listed here.
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Where can I see Cubism paintings?
Cubism works are held in 136 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, National Museum in Warsaw, and Musée National d'Art Moderne.How many museums have Cubism artworks?
136 museums worldwide hold works by Cubism artists.Which is the best museum for Cubism?
National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. holds the largest Cubism collection with 907 works.