Georges Braque

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Georges Braque was a French painter and sculptor who, alongside Pablo Picasso, pioneered the Cubist movement in early 20th-century art.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cubist artist
collagist
human
painter
printmaker
sculptor
activeYearsEnd 1963
activeYearsStart 1900
awardReceived Grand Prix National des Arts
Order of the Legion of Honour
burialPlace Varengeville-sur-Mer
collaboratedWith Pablo Picasso
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1882-05-13
dateOfDeath 1963-08-31
ethnicGroup French
familyName Braque
fieldOfWork collage
painting
printmaking
sculpture
fullName Georges Braque
genre figure painting
landscape painting
still life
givenName Georges
hasWorkInCollection Centre Pompidou
Museum of Modern Art
Musée National d’Art Moderne
Musée Picasso
Tate Modern
influenced Fernand Léger
Juan Gris
Pablo Picasso
modern abstract art
influencedBy Fauvism
Henri Matisse
Impressionism
Paul Cézanne
knownFor co-founding Cubism
developing Analytic Cubism
developing Synthetic Cubism
languageSpoken French
militaryService French Army
movement Cubism
Fauvism
Modern art
notableWork Atelier series
Birds (series)
Bottle and Fishes
Houses at L’Estaque
Still Life with Metronome
Studio VIII
The Portuguese
Violin and Candlestick
Woman with a Guitar
occupation decorative artist
painter
printmaker
sculptor
placeOfBirth Argenteuil
France
Val-d'Oise
placeOfDeath France
Paris
residence Paris
Varengeville-sur-Mer
sexOrGender male
spouse Marcelle Lapré
studiedAt Académie Humbert
École des Beaux-Arts du Havre


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