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Georges Braque

Also known as George Braque, G. Braque, S Braque, geo. braque, george braque, Braque, geo braque, George B.

French painter and sculptor (1882-1963)

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Georges Braque was a French painter and sculptor who lived from 1882 to 1963. He is an important figure in modern art history, though the specific reasons for his significance would require additional context beyond what is provided here.

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Born: 1882
Died: 1963
Works: 14

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Braque, le réconciliateur
Pierre Reverdy [et] Georges Braque
Exposition Le tir à l'arc
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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom

Discography

Braque1981

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Listeners: 6
Total plays: 49

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Quotes

“I couldn't portray a women in all her natural loveliness.. ..I haven't the skill. No one has. I must, therefore, create a new sort of beauty, the beauty that appears to me in terms of volume of line, of mass, of weight, and through that beauty interpret my subjective impression. Nature is mere a pretext for decorative composition, plus sentiment. It suggests emotion, and I translate that emotion into art. I want to express the absolute, not merely the factitious woman.”
“In art progress consists not in extension but in the knowledge of its limits.”
“One must beware of a formula good for everything, that will serve to interpret the other arts as well as reality, and that instead of creating will only produce a style, or rather a stylization.”
“The arts which achieve their effect through purity have never been arts that were good for everything. Greek sculpture (among others) with its decadence, teaches us this.”
“The painter thinks in terms of form and color. The goal is not to be concerned with the reconstitution of an anecdotal fact, but with constitution of a pictorial fact.”
“In art progress does not consist in extension, but in the knowledge of limits.”

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Image: Georges Braque, 1908, photograph published in Gelett Burgess, The Wild Men of Paris, Architectural Record, May 1910.jpg

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Commons category: Georges Braque
date of birth: 1882-05-13
date of death: 1963-08-31
name in native language: Georges Braque
Commons Creator page: Georges Braque
start of work period: 1904-01-01
end of work period: 1955-01-01

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Works in European collections

16 objects attributed to Georges Braque, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Still Life with Fruits

Still Life with Brown Jug

Küchenstilleben mit Sieb

Mädchen

La table du musicien

Stilleben mit Glas und Spielkarte (Kreuz As)

Stilleben mit Anemonen

The Fireplace

The candlestick

Der Anrichtetisch

Cello und Klavier

Still Life

Stilleben mit Fischen

Haus in l'Éstaque

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Article

Georges Braque (/brɑːk, bræk/ BRA(H)K; French: [ʒɔʁʒ bʁak]; 13 May 1882 – 31 August 1963) was a major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. His most notable contributions were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1905, and the role he played in the development of Cubism. Braque's work between 1908 and 1912 is closely associated with that of his colleague Pablo Picasso. Their respective Cubist works were indistinguishable for many years, yet the quiet nature of Braque was partially eclipsed by the fame and notoriety of Picasso.

Early life