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Georges Braque: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born May 13, 1882 • Argenteuil • France
Died August 31, 1963 (aged 81) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Houses at L’Estaque” • “Large Nude” • “Le Duo” • “Man with a Guitar” • “The Painter and His Model” • “Violin and Palette” • “Woman Musician”
Movement / Style Analytical Cubism • Cubism • Fauvism • Synthetic Cubism • Der Blaue Reiter • Neue Künstlervereinigung

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Braque, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1956
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Table and Pipe, tapestry based on a work by Georges Braque, 1932; in the Arts Club of Chicago.
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