cubist

/ˈkjubɪst/

/ˈkjubɪst/

Other forms: cubists

A cubist is an artist who transforms natural shapes into exaggerated geometric ones. Pablo Picasso is the most famous of all cubist painters.

Starting in the early 20th century, the art movement known as cubism began in Western Europe. Cubists attempted to show many perspectives at once in their work by breaking down their subjects into sections and then representing them as small, flat blocks. Cubist comes from cubism, which was coined after a French art critic dismissed their "bizarreries cubiques," or "cubic oddities."

Definitions of cubist

1. adjective

   relating to or characteristic of cubism
   “cubist art”

   synonyms: cubistic
2. noun

   an artist who adheres to the principles of cubism
   type of:

   painter

   an artist who paints