Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Prints – Colour, Forms & Figures
Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso prints move between strongly outlined animals, fractured landscapes, figures and densely arranged abstract forms. Changes of colour and direction make the surface active even where a subject remains clearly recognisable. Browse unframed prints, framed prints and canvas panels, alongside Cubist art and our wider abstract collection.
The animal as a long, clear shape
Greyhounds sets the dogs’ narrow bodies and elongated legs against distinct areas of colour. The strong outlines make their forms easy to follow while the surrounding space remains simplified. Other animal and figure subjects introduce different relationships between a recognisable body and a constructed setting.
The landscape fractured into movement
Sail Boat places a small vessel among sharply angled blue, green and pale forms. Sea, sails and surrounding space seem to share the same movement. Explore Cubist prints for other approaches to breaking a pictured subject into related planes.
Objects, fragments and the crowded image
Coty combines figure fragments, lettering and object-like shapes within a compact upright composition. Some details remain readily identifiable while others become part of the larger colour arrangement. Other abstract works and studies in the collection offer further ways to follow shape, rhythm and contrast.
Related artists and collections
Compare the colour structures of Robert Delaunay, the interlocking forms of Albert Gleizes and the abstraction of František Kupka. Our abstract prints and animal art provide further routes by style and subject.
Read more in our guide to Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso.