Georges Braque (1882-1963) was a notable French artist, considered, together with Pablo Picasso, to be the founding father of Cubism, one of the definitive art movements of the 20th Century. He is probably one of the best known French painters today. Georges Braque was born on May 13, 1882, in the village of Argenteuil-sur-Seine, the village made famous by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet and, most of all, Claude Monet. His family soon moved away, in search of work, and finally settled in the northern port town of Le Havre, where Georges' father started a painting and decorating business.
1906. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
1906. Oil on canvas. 49.8 x 61 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
1906-07. Oil on canvas. 52.5 x 65.5 cm. Private collection.
1907. Oil on canvas. 71.7 x 59.4 cm. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.
1907. Oil on canvas. 81 cm x 61 cm. Private collection.
1907. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
1907. Oil on canvas. 55 x 46 cm. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
1907. Oil on canvas. 37 x 46 cm. Musée d'Art Moderne, Troyes, France.
1907. Oil on canvas. 36 x 48 cm. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
1907. Oil on canvas. 60 x 73 cm. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
1907. Oil on canvas. 65.1 x 81 cm. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
1907-8. Oil on canvas. 139.5 x 101.8 cm. Private collection.
1908. Oil on canvas. Barnes Foundation, Lincoln University, Merion, PA, USA.
1908. Oil on canvas. 73 x 60 cm. Kunstmuseum, Berne, Switzerland.
1908. Oil on canvas. 50 x 61 cm. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
1908. Oil on canvas. 79 x 60 cm. Private collection.
1908. Oil on canvas. 60.3 x 50.2 cm. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.
Autumn 1908. Oil on canvas. 46 x 55 cm. Private collection.
1908. Oil on canvas. 81 x 65 cm. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
1908-09. Oil on canvas. 92.1 x 73.3 cm. The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX, USA.
Georges Braque by Georges Braque, Jean Leymarie. Prestel Publishing, 1988.
Georges Braque. A Life. by Alex Danchev. Arcade Publishing, New York. 2005.
Braque: The Late Works by John Golding, Sophie Bowness, Isabelle Monod-Fontaine. Yale University Press, 1997.
Georges Braque. Text by Raymond Cogniat. The Library of Great Painters. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, NY. 1980
Braque. by Francis Ponge, Pierre Descargues, Andre Malraux. Harry N. Abrams, inc./Publishers/New York
Picasso and Braque. Pioneering Cubism. The Museum of Modern Art, NY. 1989.
The Essential Cubism 1907-1920. by Douglas Cooper and Gary Tinterow. George Braziller, Inc. New York in association with Tate Gallery, London. 1983.
Georges Braque. by Karen Wilkin. Abbeville Press. NY. 1991 (last scans from here)
Braque by Serge Fauchereau. Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.. New York 1987 (last scans from here)
Cubism. by Philip Cooper. Phaidon Press ltd. 1995.
Cubists by Jeremy Wallis. Heinemann Library, Chicago, Illinois, 2003