Mixed media

Materials used to create mixed media art include, but are not limited to, paint, cloth, paper, wood and found objects.

[3][4] The first modern artwork to be considered mixed media is Pablo Picasso's 1912 collage Still Life with Chair Caning,[citation needed] which used paper, cloth, paint and rope to create a pseudo-3D effect.

The influence of movements like Cubism and Dada contributed to the mixed media's growth in popularity throughout the 20th century with artists like Henri Matisse, Joseph Cornell, Jean Dubuffet, and Ellsworth Kelly adopting it.

While it was a sporadic practice in antiquity, it became a fundamental part of modern art in the early 20th century, due to the efforts of Braque and Picasso.

[15] Still Life with Chair Caning: Picasso's piece depicts what can be seen as a table with a cut lemon, a knife, a napkin and a newspaper among other discernible objects.