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The Influence of African Masks on Cubist Art

Quick fact

Picasso's famous visit to the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro in 1907, where he saw African masks, was described by him as a 'revelation' that spurred the radical style of Cubism.

Why this is interesting

We know Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon shocked the art world—but did you know its angular faces were directly inspired by African masks?