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Houses At L’Estaque
''Houses at l'Estaque'' (French: ''Maisons à l'Estaque'', or ''Maisons et arbre'') is an oil-on-canvas painting by Georges Braque executed in 1908. It is considered either an important Proto-Cubism, Proto-Cubist landscapeGanteführer-Trier, Anne; Grosenick, Uta (2004). ''Cubism'' Taschen 9783822829585 or the first Cubist landscape.Kuiper, Kathleen (2009). ''The Britannica Guide to Theories and Ideas That Changed the Modern World.'' The Rosen Publishing Group, The painting prompted art critic Henri Matisse to mock it as being composed of cubes which led to the name of the movement.Chilvers, Ian; Glaves-Smith, John (2009). ''A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art.'' Oxford University Press, It is a response to works by Paul Cézanne who also lived in L'Estaque at times.Green, Christopher (2003). ''Art in France, 1900-1940.'' ''Yale University Press'', History This painting by Braque was refused at the Salon d'Automne in 1908. Louis Vauxcelles recounted how Henri Matisse to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Braque
Georges Braque ( ; ; 13 May 1882 – 31 August 1963) was a major 20th-century List of French artists, French painter, Collage, collagist, Drawing, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. His most notable contributions were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1905, and the role he played in the development of Cubism. Braque's work between 1908 and 1912 is closely associated with that of his colleague Pablo Picasso. Their respective Cubist works were indistinguishable for many years, yet the quiet nature of Braque was partially eclipsed by the fame and notoriety of Picasso. Early life Georges Braque was born on 13 May 1882 in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise. He grew up in Le Havre and trained to be a house painter and interior decorator, decorator like his father and grandfather. However, he also studied artistic painting during evenings at the École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen, previously known as the École supérieure des Arts in Le Havre, from about 1897 to 1899. In Paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |