Claim: Pablo Picasso was an artist.

Cubism is an early-20th-century art movement which brought European painting and sculpture historically forward toward 20th century Modern art . Cubism in its various forms inspired related movements in music , literature and architecture . Cubism has been considered to be among the most influential art movements of the 20th century . The term is broadly used in association with a wide variety of art produced in Paris -LRB- Montmartre , Montparnasse and Puteaux -RRB- during the 1910s and extending through the 1920s .   The movement was pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso , joined by Andre Lhote , Jean Metzinger , Albert Gleizes , Robert Delaunay , Henri Le Fauconnier , Fernand Léger and Juan Gris . One primary influence that led to Cubism was the representation of three-dimensional form in the late works of Paul Cézanne . A retrospective of Cézanne 's paintings had been held at the Salon d'Automne of 1904 , current works were displayed at the 1905 and 1906 Salon d'Automne , followed by two commemorative retrospectives after his death in 1907 . In Cubist artwork , objects are analyzed , broken up and reassembled in an abstracted form -- instead of depicting objects from a single viewpoint , the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context .   The impact of Cubism was far-reaching and wide-ranging . In other countries Futurism , Suprematism , Dada , Constructivism , De Stijl and Art Deco developed in response to Cubism . Early Futurist paintings hold in common with Cubism the fusing of the past and the present , the representation of different views of the subject pictured at the same time , also called multiple perspective , simultaneity or multiplicity , while Constructivism was influenced by Picasso 's technique of constructing sculpture from separate elements . Other common threads between these disparate movements include the faceting or simplification of geometric forms , and the association of mechanization and modern life .