Friday, July 25, 2025

that cubist painter has progressed as a camoufleur

Above APPLIED CUBISM in Judge, New York, August 2, 1919 (artist’s signature uncertain, previously published in Le Monde Illustré, Paris)—

“This chap has made progress during the war.”

“What’s he been doing?”

“Camouflage!”

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RELATED LINKS 

On Max Wertheimer and Pablo Picasso: Gestalt Theory, Cubism and Camouflage

Dazzle Camouflage: What is it and how did it work?Nature, Art, and Camouflage / Art, Women's Rights, and CamouflageEmbedded Figures, Art, and Camouflage / Art, Gestalt, and Camouflage /  Optical science meets visual artDisruption versus dazzle / Chicanery and conspicuousness /  Under the big top at Sims' circus