Definition of Georges Braque

1. Noun. French painter who led the cubist movement (1882-1963).

Exact synonyms: Braque
Generic synonyms: Painter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Georges Braque

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Georges Bizet
Georges Braque (current term)
Georges Clemenceau
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Georges Gilles de la Tourette
Georges Henri Lemaitre
Georges Jacques Danton
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon
Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier
Georges Pierre Seurat
Georges Seurat
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Literary usage of Georges Braque

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cubists and Post-impressionism by Arthur Jerome Eddy (1914)
"That year Georges Braque exhibited a Cubist picture in the Salon des Independents. X In 1910, Jean Metzinger exhibited a Cubist portrait in the Salle ..."

2. Joseph Csáky: A Pioneer of Modern Sculpture by Edith Balas (1998)
"... in 1908 just as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque were painting their first Cubist paintings. Csaky soon absorbed their stylistic innovations and joined ..."

3. Women Marching Into the 21st Century: Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo by Human Sciences Research Council (2000)
"In the 1940s, influenced by Georges Braque, her compositions became more intellectual, with 'mathematically' grouped forms, the shapes faceted and harnessed ..."

4. New Dictionary of South African Biography by E. J. Verwey, Nelson Mandela (1995)
"... extent influenced by Georges Braque, her compositions became more intellectual. The forms were almost 'mathematically' grouped, the shapes faceted and ..."

5. Space and the Architect: Lessons in Architecture 2 by Herman Hertzberger (2000)
"Georges Braque • 'We all know that art isn't truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. ..."

6. Sculpture in Rotterdam by Jan van Adrichem, Jelle Bouwhuis, Mariette Dölle (2002)
"... from naturalistic drawings to paintings in which he examined Cubism afresh — a style which he and Georges Braque had created almost fifty years earlier. ..."

7. De Stijl Continued: The Journal Structure (1958-1964) an Artists' Debate by Jonneke Jobse (2005)
"... )ohn Marin and Charles Sheeler, he also had an impressive collection of the work of Arp, Georges Braque, Alexander Calder, Cézanne, Gris, Klee, Léger, ..."

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