Georges Braque
French, 1882-1963
Georges Braque was born in Argenteuil, France, in 1882. Braque lived much of his childhood and young adult life in Le Havre. He attended night classes at the art school from 1897–99 and then moved to Paris, where he obtained his license as a master decorator. From 1905–06, after studying at École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and having been influenced by the works of Henri Matisse, he began to paint in the way of Fauvism by using bright colors and taking advantage of the freedom of the composition. Paysage à L'Estaque (1906) was one of the prominent works of art made at this time.
The year 1907 was a significant time in Braque's development, wherein he visited the retrospective on Paul Cézanne and he came into contact with Picasso, who was very engrossed in the realization of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon at the time. At this point, Braque began nurturing a considerable interest in primitive art. After the First World War, Braque worked autonomously and developed a more personal style, which was characterized by vivid colors and textured surfaces. Braque painted still life, interior views, and ocean scenes. The Ateliers (1948–55) and Birds (1955–63) series were painted during this period. In 1948, he obtained his first award for painting at the XXIV Biennial in Venice.
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Georges Braque Chappelle St. Bernard
By Georges Braque
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Georges Braque
Title: Chappelle St. Bernard
Medium: Original lithograph
Year: 1964
Edition: Unnumbered
Framed Size: 21 1/4" x 17 1/4"
Sheet Size: 15" x 11"
Signed: Unsigned
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1960s Cubist Georges Braque
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Lithograph
Georges Braque Ciel Gris II
By Georges Braque
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Georges Braque
Title: Ciel Gris II
Medium: Original lithograph
Year: 1959
Framed Size: 16 1/2 x 14 inches
Sheet Size: 15 x 11 inches
Signed: Unsigned
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1950s Georges Braque
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Lithograph
Untitled - Pitcher - Lithograph by Georges Braque - 1959
By Georges Braque
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an original lithograph realized by Georges Braque in 1959.
Includes a passepartout: cm 39 x 35. Image dimension: cm 21 x 18. Print on color paper.
The artwork is from ...
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1950s Cubist Georges Braque
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Lithograph
H 15.36 in. W 13.78 in. D 0.04 in.
Pitcher, Pastel on Board Cubist Painting, Georges Braque
By Georges Braque
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant still life by Cubist Master, Georges Braque in colorful pastel. The picture features a decorative black picture on a yellow table with an open window in the background. Th...
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Early 20th Century Cubist Georges Braque
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Oil Pastel, Board
original lithograph
By Georges Braque
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Published in 1963 as the frontispiece of the "Braque Lithographe" catalogue raisonne, and printed in Paris by Mourlot Freres. The sheet measures 12 1/2 x...
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1960s Georges Braque
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Lithograph
Moon and sun I
By Georges Braque
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1959
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 222/275
Publisher : Maeght (Paris)
Printer : Mourlot (Paris)
Catalog : [Maeght 1034]
48.50 cm. x 32.50 cm. | 19.09 in...
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1950s Abstract Georges Braque
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Lithograph
Descent into hell - plate 3
By Georges Braque
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1961
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
Publisher : Nouveau Cercle parisien du Livre (Paris)
Printer : Mourlot (Paris)
Catalog : Vallier 171
The work we propose is one of the four lithographs taken from the illustrated book "Descente aux Enfers" written by Marcel Jouhandeau and published by the Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre in 1961.
The novelist retraces the itinerary of his return to his native town, Guéret, through encounters with the people he knew as a child. Anxiety intrudes as he ventures into this place, the first theater of his inspiration. Between nostalgia, melancholy and hope, the novel echoes the personal torments of the author, torn between his homosexuality and his Catholic education. If God seems to haunt him, introspection and morality obsess him: "If man does not understand hell, it is because he has not understood his own heart...".
The image of a flight of birds as created by Braque might seem dissonant with Jouhandeau's text. However, for Braque the bird is not an imitation of the animal but a form that conveys a meaning, it is a sign, as he reminds us: "We must not imitate what we want to create. It is then that this bright orange bird flight...
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1960s Abstract Georges Braque
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Lithograph
Hecate - unique and rare ceramic plate by cubism master Georges Braque
By Georges Braque
Located in London, GB
Georges Braque - rare unique ceramic plate titled, “Hecate” (1962).
Hecate was the Greek goddess of the moon and one of the main deities worshipped in Athenian households as a protective goddess who bestowed prosperity and daily blessings on the family.
In “Metamorphoses de Braque” Rapael de Cuttolo describes how Braque became involved with Greek Mythology which was an important part of his oeuvre. The artist made numerous Lithographs and gouaches illustrating these subjects. In 1961 as a “Hommage to Braque” his jewels were presented at an exhibition at La Galerie Mollien du Musee du Louvre., and again, in 1965, at another special exhibition in New York. On page 121 it describes how Armand Israel, Georges Israel...
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Mid-20th Century Fauvist Georges Braque
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Ceramic
H 12.5 in. W 8.25 in. D 1 in.
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