Georges Braque

French painter and sculptor (1882-1963) · France · Artists · Died at 81

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He co-invented Cubism alongside Picasso in a partnership so tight their canvases were indistinguishable for years - then watched his name slip into the quieter half of art history.

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A life in dates

1963Died31 August 19631959Feltrinelli PrizeAward1957“You see, I have made a great discovery. I no longer believe in anything. Objects don't exist for me except in so far as a rapport exists between them or between them and myself.”In their words7 December 1957Quote from The Power of Mystery (7 December 1957), a London Observer interview with John Richardson, as quoted in Braque: The Late WorksRead the whole statement

Commandeur des Arts et des LettresAward1951Commander of the Legion of HonourAward1935“Art is polymorphic. A picture appears to each onlooker under a different guise.”In their wordsQuote by Braque from: 'Cahiers d'Art', No. 10, 1935, ed. Christian ZervosRead the whole statement

“Whatever is in common is true; but likeness is false. Trouillebert's work bears a likeness to that of Corot, but they have nothing in common.”In their wordsp. 96 - quote of Braque from 'Cahiers d'art', No. 10, 1935, ed. Christian Zervos - quote of Braque is referring to Corot's impact on hisRead the whole statement

1917“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.”In their wordsp. 422 - Braque's quote, Paris 1917Read the whole statement

“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 their wordsp. 423 - Braque's quote, Paris 1917Read the whole statement

1910“I couldn't portray a women in all her natural loveliness.. ..I haven't the skill. No one has.”In their wordsMay 1910Quote of Braque, late 1908; as cited in The wild men of Paris, Gelett Burgess, in 'The Architectural Record', p. 405, May 1910; as cited inRead the whole statement

1882Born13 May 1882

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

Armory Show, International Exhibition of Modern Art, Chicago, 1913. The Cubist room

HC BRAQUE Georges (Peintre) CIM-Varengeville 2015-07

Museum für Fotografie (Georges Braque) 1436711 4298087

Recueil. Tartuffe, mise en scène Louis Jouvet - coupures de presse - btv1b10535049c (021 of 250)

Recueil. Tartuffe, mise en scène Louis Jouvet - coupures de presse - btv1b10535049c (191 of 250)

Varengeville-sur-Mer - l'Église Saint-Valéry - Side Nave - View East from Church Entrance towards the Georges Braque Window

Varengeville-sur-Mer Cimetiere-Georges Braque 1

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Georges Braque

10 statements, newest first

You see, I have made a great discovery. I no longer believe in anything. Objects don't exist for me except in so far as a rapport exists between them or between them and myself.
Dec 7, 1957, Quote from The Power of Mystery (7 December 1957), a London Observer interview with John Richardson, as quoted in Braque: The Late Works, Own words
Whatever is valuable in painting is precisely what one is incapable of talking about.
1945, two quotes by Braque, in 'Les Problèmes de la Peinture', interview with Gaston Diehl Paris 1945, Own words
Art is polymorphic. A picture appears to each onlooker under a different guise.
1935, Quote by Braque from: 'Cahiers d'Art', No. 10, 1935, ed. Christian Zervos, Own words

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Awards

Feltrinelli Prize1959

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres1957

Commander of the Legion of Honour1951

In their orbit

Spouse: Marcelle Lapré

About this person

Georges Braque was born 13 May 1882 in France and trained as a painter who first aligned with Fauvism in 1905. Between 1908 and 1912 he worked in near-total creative lockstep with Pablo Picasso, the two men together shattering perspective and reassembling it as Cubism, their paintings so alike that even experts struggled to tell them apart. Braque was also a collagist, draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor across a long career. But his quieter temperament meant Picasso's fame and notoriety steadily pulled focus, leaving Braque's name partly eclipsed despite equal authorship of the revolution. He died 31 August 1963.

Country

France

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