Fruit Dish and Glass

work by Braque

Written by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last updated

July 16, 2026

Quick Summary

In 1912, Georges Braque created Fruit Dish and Glass, a pivotal work in the development of Synthetic Cubism. This piece is notable for Braque's pioneering use of papier collé, where he attached three pieces of wallpaper to the drawing. This technique, along with the introduction of materials like sand and sawdust, emphasized that a painting is an autonomous object rather than merely an illusionistic representation. Braque, alongside Pablo Picasso, was a key figure in developing Cubism, a style that revolutionized 20th-century art by fragmenting objects and rejecting traditional perspective.12

Summary created from Britannica articles using AI. AI can make mistakes, so verify using Britannica articles.

2 Britannica Sources

Ask Britannica AI about this topic

Britannica doesn't have a full article on this topic, so we've curated a list of our relevant coverage.

Georges Braque
Cubism
…of wallpaper to the drawing Fruit Dish and Glass. He also began to introduce sand and sawdust onto his canvases. This work significantly strengthened the idea, full of consequences for the future of art, that a picture is not an illusionistic representation but rather an autonomous object.
Read More
…of wallpaper to the drawing Fruit Dish and Glass. He also began to introduce sand and sawdust onto his canvases. This work significantly strengthened the idea, full of consequences for the future of art, that a picture is not an illusionistic representation but rather an autonomous object.
Read More