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Georges
Braque (1882 - 1963)
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Considered
to be the last great master of the French tradition and a participant
in the major art movements of his time. Georges Braque was born into a
family of house painters at Le Havre and studied briefly at the Ecole
des Beaux Arts and the Academie Humbert.
He became a great proponent of the "Fauve" movement spearheaded by Matisse
and Derain. Although Braque's first Cubist works were rejected by the
Salon d'Automne, he (along with Picasso) was one of the most influential
artists to pioneer and develop Cubism. Braque's many talents led him to
work in the area of ballet set and costume design, he decorated the ceiling
of the Salle Henri II in the Louvre and he designed stained glass windows
and jewelry.
Some of his more famous illustrated books include "Theogenie,"
1932; "Les Paroles transparentes," 1955;
"Le tir a l'arc," 1960 and "L'Ordre Des Oiseaux," 1962.
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