The queer artist Marie Laurencin (“loh-rawn-SAN”) stated that “[this movement] has poisoned three years of my life.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this artistic movement, whose “Crystal” period is exemplified by the Juan Gris (“wahn GREE”) painting Still Life before an Open Window. A woman holds a candle through a window in a large black and white anti-war painting from this movement.
ANSWER: Cubism [or Cubists; accept Crystal Cubism]
[10e] This Spanish Cubist’s relationship with the photographer Dora Maar may have partly inspired his depiction of the Spanish Civil War in the painting Guernica.
ANSWER: Pablo Picasso [or Pablo Ruiz Picasso]
[10h] This offshoot of Cubism aimed to distance itself from visual reality by emphasising pure abstraction and vivid colors. The married artists Robert and Sonia Delaunay (“duh-loh-NAY”) were major figures in this movement, whose name is derived from a mythological figure.
ANSWER: Orphism [or Orphic Cubism or Orphic art]
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