Georges Braque 1882-1963

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“Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.” —Georges Braque, born on this day in 1882.

Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963) | The Studio (Vase before a Window) | 1939

In this oil Braque presents a view of his studio, which he had built in 1931…

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Happy birthday Georges Braque! In the summer of 1906, Braque traveled to Antwerp and captured the landscape in this painting on view now in our Thannhauser collection. Learn about how the imaginative colors in this work reflect the artist's interest in Fauvism:http://gu.gg/MTYDY








[Installation view: Georges Braque. "Studio V." 1949-50. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris]























“Art is made to disturb, science reassures.” Happy birthday Georges Braque! (The Church of Carrières-Saint-Denis, 1909)http://ow.ly/MUuz8







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“[Cubism is] an art form that rewards careful looking.” —Curator Rebecca Rabinow on “Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection,” in this NYC-ARTS video: http://met.org/1JvfaDe



































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Georges Braque


Painter


Georges Braque was a major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. Wikipedia



Born: May 13, 1882, Argenteuil, France


Died: August 31, 1963, Paris, France


Education: École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts


Periods: Cubism, Modern art, Fauvism, Analytic cubism