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Tubism|ˈtjuːbɪz(ə)m|
[f. tube n. + -ism, after Cubism.]
A style of painting characterized by cylindrical and other mechanistic forms, spec. that developed by the French artist Fernand Léger (1881–1955). So ˈTubist a.
1923Weekly Dispatch 11 Feb. 9 He [sc. Gregory Brown] first took up applied art, working in metal. Turning his attention to poster work, he..became one of the pioneers of what was jocularly known as the Tubist School. 1955Times 18 Aug. 13/1 ‘Tubism’ serves well to describe the brand of Cubism that Léger made peculiarly his own. Out of the several possibilities indicated by Cézanne's famous remark about the geometrical basis of natural forms he selected the cylinder, and though he admitted other forms, a tubular tendency runs through most of his compositions. 1960Twentieth Cent. Dec. 526 Léger's ‘tubist’ portraits. 1978N. Gosling Paris 1900–1914 165 Fernand Léger..attracted by the Cubist experiments..developed a variety of his own, based on interlocking cylinders—a style which was nicknamed ‘Tubism’. |