The
Life of Georges Braque
Georges Braque was born on May 13th, 1882 in the French town of Argenteuil-sur-Seine. His father was a house painter by trade and had hoped his son would carry on the family career.
As a teenager, Braque started to attend art schools within France. Early on, Braque was considered an Impressionist painter, but eventually he settled down in Paris to gather inspiration from the Fauvist movement.
In 1909, Braque started to develop his Cubist paintings. Continuing to about the year 1914. When World War I came around, Braque was enlisted and injured in the war. After WWI, Braque remained in Paris though changed his painting style.
Georges Braque died on August 31st, 1963 in Paris, France.
The
Art of Georges Braque
- Impressionism:
1900 - 1905
“Characteristics of
Impressionist paintings are visible brushstrokes, light colors, open
composition, emphasis on light in its changing qualities (often
accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject
matter, and unusual visual angles.”
- Fauvism:
1906 - 1907
“Fauvists (’wild
beasts’) simplified lines, whilst making the subject of the painting
easy to read, and brightened the colors.”
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- Cubism: 1908
- 1923
One of the lead
developers of the Cubist period, Braque experimented with shapes and
dimensions in his paintings. He went from an analytical (geometric
shapes) style to a synthetic style where his painters were more a
collage than a still life.
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- Post-Cubism:
1914 - 1963
The common theme
throughout his “Post-Cubism” painters are very simplified birds
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