Caesar's Gate xvii
Jess, 1955
Collage on Paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

T h e A r t of C o ll A g e

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What is Collage?

Collage (from the French: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together") refers to both the technique and the resulting work of art in which fragments of paper and other materials are arranged and glued or otherwise affixed to a supporting surface. (MoMA)

Коллаж
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Digital
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Resurrection Etching (WP6)
Joan Snyder, 1978-81
Photo-etching, soft-ground etching, sugar-lift, open bite, aquatint, line etching, collage, graphite & watercolor on Arches paper. 24 x 35½ in. (61 x 90.2 cm).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fruit Dish and Glass
Georges Braque, 1912
Charcoal and cut-and-pasted printed wallpaper with gouache on paper; mounted on paperboard
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Georges Braque & Pablo Picasso

Papier Collé (Pasted Paper)

Braque and Picasso pioneered the practice that later developed into the art of collage. By incorporating everyday objects into their paintings, the Cubists challenged traditional painting methods and the very notion of “high art.”

Still Life with Chair Caning
Pablo Picasso, 1912
oil and oilcloth on canvas framed with rope, 29 x 37 cm

“The artistic language of collage implies rebellion, anti-tradition, and SuRREALISM.”

The Dadaists and Surrealists

Braque and Picasso inspired many avant-garde artists, including the Dadaists and Surrealists.

Here Everything Is Still Floating
Max Ernst, 1920
Cut-and-pasted printed paper and pencil on printed paper on cardstock, 16.5 x 21 cm
The Museum of Modern Art

Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada through the Last Weimar Beer Belly Cultural Epoch
Hannah Höch, 1920
collage, mixed media
Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Inspired Pop Artists

The technique continued to inspire artists after the Second World War, especially exponents of Pop Art, the artistic movement that made a point of using images and objects from everyday life.