Georges Braque
French, 1882 - 1963
Georges Braque was known for developing cubism alongside Pablo Picasso and for participating in the fauvist movement. The French painter is considered one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.
Braque spent much of his professional life in Paris. He met Picasso in 1907, and by 1909, the two had begun to develop the principles of cubism. Believing that art did not have to mirror reality, they abandoned perspective to emphasize the flatness of the canvas.
Braque’s early cubist works break objects into splintered, almost unrecognizable shapes, like the ones in Harbor (1909). Later, Braque and Picasso established a more colorful, less fragmented visual language, as seen in Braque’s 1929 Still Life: Le Jour. Braque died in 1963, leaving a lasting mark on art history.
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Braque lithographe
Braque lithographe
Georges Braque, Francis Ponge, Fernand Mourlot · 1963 · bound volume with 2 lithographs printed for the cover and frontispiece and 1 lithographic emblem on the titlepage · Accession ID 2014.112.4
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Oiseau de passage (Bird of Passage)
Oiseau de passage (Bird of Passage)
Georges Braque, Fondation Maeght · 1962 · embossed color etching and aquatint · Accession ID 1964.8.386
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Si je mourais là-bas (If I Died Over There), Page 47
Si je mourais là-bas (If I Died Over There), Page 47
Georges Braque, Fequet et Baudier, Louis Broder · 1962 · color woodcut on wove paper · Accession ID 2015.19.3348
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Si je mourais là-bas (If I Died Over There), Page 17
Si je mourais là-bas (If I Died Over There), Page 17
Georges Braque · 1962 · woodcut in black on wove paper · Accession ID 1980.45.214
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L'ordre des oiseaux (The Order of the Birds)
L'ordre des oiseaux (The Order of the Birds)
Georges Braque, Saint-John Perse · 1962 · bound volume with 12 color aquatints on wove paper · Accession ID 2014.112.24
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Two White Birds on a Gray Ground
Two White Birds on a Gray Ground
Georges Braque · published 1961 · color lithograph on japan kosu paper · Accession ID 1964.8.393
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Untitled from "La nuit la faim" (The Night, the Hunger)
Untitled from "La nuit la faim" (The Night, the Hunger)
Georges Braque · 1960 · lithograph in black on japan imperial paper · Accession ID 1964.8.390
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From "Le tir à l'arc"
From "Le tir à l'arc"
Georges Braque · published 1960 · woodcut in black on japan nacre paper · Accession ID 1964.8.2892
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Untitled from "La nuit la faim" (The Night, the Hunger)
Untitled from "La nuit la faim" (The Night, the Hunger)
Georges Braque · 1960 · color lithograph on japan imperial paper · Accession ID 1964.8.392
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From "Le tir à l'arc"
From "Le tir à l'arc"
Georges Braque · published 1960 · woodcut in white on brown japan paper (wrapper for suite) · Accession ID 1964.8.2888