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How did the political views of cubists affect their art?

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Cubism is not famous for being an activist art. Constructivism, Dada and other, could be debated, but to the best of my knowledge, excluding eventual personal opinions not representative of the movement as a whole, there is no historical relevance to the issue of political inclination within Cubism.

Europe at the time of Cubism was a melting-pot of ideologies and many cubist painters were either strongly affiliated with anarcho-syndicalism or fierce nationalists. But that did not transpire in their paintings, usually a lot more concerned with experimentalism than with conveying a message (there wasn't even a public to speak of for such art), nor did it influence the scope of their activities.

The outbreak of the First World War brought Cubism (and Futurism) to an end. That could be considered a result of political division within it's ranks, but it's hardly the cause.

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