New materials in 20th-century art The technique remains popular as a very simple method of printmaking, even suitable for use in schools. Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris and other cubist artists introduced new elements and materials like newspaper clippings, fabric, and sheet music into their paintings. Eventually the movement was called Synthetic Cubism developed between 1912 and 1919. Synthetic cubism is characterized by works with different textures, surfaces, collage elements, papier collé and a large variety of subject matter. It was the beginning of collage materials being introduced as an important ingredient of fine art work by the avant-garde. Considered the first work of
Western use of the swastika in the early 20th century on page 138 of Hélène-Andrée Bizier's Une Histoire du Québec en photos (2006, Éditions Fides). The swastika was also used as border art for the weekly pet health column in the "Calgary Herald" newspaper in the early years of the 20th century. The Danish brewery company Carlsberg Group used the swastika as a logo from the 19th century until the middle of the 1930s, when it was discontinued because of association with the Nazi Party in neighbouring Germany. However, the swastika carved on elephants at the entrance gates of the company's headquarters in Copenhagen in 1901 can still be seen