Georges Braque

Georges Braque

Artists

Active in Paris: 1946–1968

Georges Braque (1882–1963) was a French painter, printmaker, sculptor, and one of the founders of Cubism alongside Pablo Picasso. Beginning from Fauvism in the early twentieth century, Braque developed a radically new visual language based on fragmentation, shifting perspective, and the structural analysis of form, fundamentally transforming modern painting.

Following his service in the First World War, Braque moved toward a more meditative and tactile approach to still life, interior space, and material surface. Throughout the interwar and postwar periods he remained a central figure within the Parisian art world, working extensively across painting, printmaking, sculpture, and artist’s books. Closely associated with Aimé Maeght and the Galerie Maeght publishing network, Braque became an important contributor to the postwar revival of the French livre d’artiste, collaborating with poets, printers, and publishers on illustrated books and deluxe editions that merged text, image, and material experimentation.

His meeting with Fernand Mourlot in 1945 marked the start of an exceptional production that began with the Teapot series, followed by numerous fruit still lifes. At the same time, he began to paint Greek-inspired subjects, followed by birds, a major theme in Braque’s work. At Mourlot, he works with Henri Deschamps. Georges Braque, together with Henri Matisse, played a role in introducing Pablo Picasso to Fernand Mourlot. During the 1940s and 1950s, many of Braque’s lithographs and artist’s books were produced at the Mourlot Studios, while in 1952–53 he completed The Birds, the celebrated ceiling commission for the Louvre.

Artists

Alberto Giacometti Alberto Giacometti
Alexander Calder Alexander Calder
Eduardo Paolozzi Eduardo Paolozzi
Fernand Léger Fernand Léger
Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso
Jean Dubuffet Jean Dubuffet
Nicolas de Staël Nicolas de Staël
André Derain André Derain
Jean Cocteau Jean Cocteau

Dealers

Aimé Maeght Aimé Maeght

Others

Gustav Zumsteg Gustav Zumsteg

Publishers and master printers

Tériade Tériade

Those of Letters

André Breton André Breton
Paul Éluard Paul Éluard
René Char René Char

Exhibitions & Events

Galerie Maeght

  • Braque

    Years: 1947

    DLM No. 4. G. Braque. Texts by René Char and Jacques Kober. June 1947.

  • G. Braque

    Years: 1950

    DLM No. 25–26. G. Braque. Texts by René Char and Henri Maldiney. January 1950.

  • Sur quatre murs

    Years: 1951

    DLM No. 36–37–38. Sur quatre murs. Braque, Matisse, Miró, Chagall, Léger, and Bazaine; text by Pierre Reverdy. March–May 1951.

  • Braque

    Years: 1952

    DLM No. 48–49. G. Braque. Texts by Alberto Giacometti and Jean Grenier. June–July 1952.

  • Lam

    Years: 1953

    DLM No. 52. Lam. Texts by Michel Leiris, Georges Braque, André Breton, Aimé Césaire, René Char, Leone Kochnitzky, Pierre Mabille, Fernando Ortiz, Pablo Picasso, Herbert Read, and Christian Zervos. January 1953.

  • Braque

    Years: 1955

    DLM No. 71–72. G. Braque. Text by Georges Limbour. December 1954–January 1955.

  • Braque

    Years: 1956

    DLM No. 85–86. Braque. Text by Jacques Dupin. April–May 1956.

  • Georges Braque – Pierre Reverdy

    Years: 1962–1963

    DLM No. 135–136. Georges Braque – Pierre Reverdy. Texts by Stanislas Fumet, François Chapon, and Pierre Reverdy. December 1962–January 1963.
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