Biografie von Georges BRAQUE (1882-1963)
Personal data
Birth : 05/13/1882 - Argenteuil, France
Death : 08/31/1963 - Paris, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France
Education
1902 – 1904 : Académie Humbert – Paris, France
Professional data
Work and Life
1954:He designed stained-glass windows for the church of Varengeville, France.
1920:He designed the decor for two Sergei DIAGHILEV ballets.
1917:He began a close friendship with Juan GRIS.
1914 – 1917:He served in the French army during World War I and was wounded.
1909 – 1914:In collaboration with Pablo PICASSO, he was the founder of cubism.
1900:He went to Paris, France.
1882 – 1900:He grew up in Le Havre, France.
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Oil/canvas 
Print-Multiple : Lithograph 
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze - Metal 
Drawing-Watercolor : Gouache - Ink - Pencil 
Tapestry : Subject
still lifelandscape
Movements and styles
1907 : Cubism1906-1907 : Fauvism
Cubist Sculpture
Works
| Les oiseaux | |
| Date of creation : 1953 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 281 x 207 cm | |
| Les oiseaux | |
| Date of creation : 1953 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 270 x 212 cm | |
| Les oiseaux | |
| Date of creation : 1953 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 346 x 505 cm | |
| Nature morte à la théière | |
| Date of creation : 1942 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 26 x 65 cm | |
| Le violon | |
| Date of creation : 1911 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 73 x 60 cm | |
| Nature morte à la bouteille | |
| Date of creation : 1910 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 55 x 46 cm | |
| Cinq Bananes et deux poires | |
| Date of creation : 1908 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 24 x 33 cm | |
| Paysage à l'Estaque | |
| Date of creation : 1907 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 37 x 46 cm | |
| Paysage à l'Estaque | |
| Date of creation : 1906 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 60 x 73 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2005
Galerie Pascal Polar – Brussels, Belgium
2005 – 04/10/2005
2004
Métamorphoses
Galerie Art Cadre – Paris, France
05/25/2004 – 06/26/2004
2002
Georges Braque. Obra gráfica
Casal Solleric – Palma de Mallorca, Spain
04/2002 – 05/2002
Braque
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza – Madrid, Spain
02/05/2002 – 05/19/2002
1994
Georges Braque, rétrospective
Fondation Maeght – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
1994
1988
Georges Braque
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
1988
1982
Hommage à Georges Braque
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
06/17/1982 – 09/27/1982
1962
Musée du Louvre – Paris, France
1962
1956
Tate Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1956
1933
Kunsthalle – Basel BS, Switzerland
1933
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Haas & Fuchs – Niebuhrstrasse 5 – Berlin, Germany
Glasgow Art Fair
George Square – Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
04/15/2004 – 04/18/2004
Represented by : James Kinmont Fine Art – 3 Carlyle Mansions – London, United Kingdom
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie – 29-31 Grand-Rue – Geneva GE, Switzerland
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Boisserée – Drususgasse 7-11 – Cologne, Germany
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Darga & Lansberg Galerie – 36 Rue de Seine – Paris, France
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Art Focus – Talstrasse 16 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
KUNSTKÖLN 2003 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
04/05/2003 – 04/09/2003
Represented by : Galerie Orangerie-Reinz – Helenenstrasse 2 – Cologne, Germany
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie – 29-31 Grand-Rue – Geneva GE, Switzerland
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Art Focus – Talstrasse 16 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Gmurzynska – Goethestrasse 65a – Cologne, Germany
Art Toronto 2001 – TIAF Toronto International Art Fair
MTCC Metro Toronto Convention Centre – Toronto ON, Canada
10/11/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Nikola Rukaj Gallery – 384 Eglinton Avenue West – Toronto ON, Canada
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Helly Nahmad Gallery – 2 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Richard Gray Gallery – Suite 2503 875 North Michigan Avenue – Chicago IL, United States
art-vienna, n° 1
Technisches Museum – Vienna, Austria
05/10/2001 – 05/13/2001
Represented by : Moderne Graphik Buchinger – Bethlehemstrasse 5 – Linz, Austria
Europ’ART Genève – Foire internationale d’art, n°10
Palexpo – Geneva GE, Switzerland
04/27/2001 – 05/01/2001
Represented by : Pedro Lopez E Hijos S.L. – Villanueva 27 – Madrid, Spain
13th Annual Works on Paper
New York NY, United States
03/02/2001 – 03/04/2001
Represented by : Pettibone Fine Art – 1158 Fifth Avenue – New York NY, United States
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Maeght – 42 Rue du Bac – Paris, France
2000
ART Paris – art moderne et création contemporaine, n°1
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
10/19/2000 – 10/23/2000
Represented by : Galerie Maeght – 42 Rue du Bac – Paris, France
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Salamon – L’ArteModerna – Via San Quintino, 4 – Turin TO, Italy
Art Jonction, n° 14
Nice, France
09/14/2000 – 09/18/2000
Represented by : Galerie Pascal Retelet – 838 route de La Colle – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
KUNSTKÖLN 2000 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Messegelände Köln-Deutz – Cologne, Germany
04/01/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : Galerie Roesinger – Alteburger Strasse 111 – Cologne, Germany
International Artexpo New York
Jacob K Javits Convention Center – New York NY, United States
03/09/2000 – 03/13/2000
Represented by : Artis France – 969 Lily Pond Lane – Franklin Lakes NJ, United States
The Art on Paper Fair, n°2
Royal College of Art – London, United Kingdom
02/17/2000 – 02/20/2000
Represented by : Wiseman Originals Limited – 34 West Square – London, United Kingdom
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Orangerie-Reinz – Helenenstrasse 2 – Cologne, Germany
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Salamon – L’ArteModerna – Via San Quintino, 4 – Turin TO, Italy
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galería Maeght – Calle Montcada, 25 – Barcelona, Spain
SAGA – 12ème Salon des Arts Graphiques Actuels
Espace Eiffel Branly – Paris, France
04/23/1998 – 04/27/1998
Represented by : Galerie Bordas – Prova d’Artista – San Marco 1994/B – Venice VE, Italy
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie Orangerie-Reinz – Helenenstrasse 2 – Cologne, Germany
Group exhibitions
2005
Braque et Friesz
Lodève, France
06/26/2005 – 10/30/2005
2004
De l’écriture à la peinture
Fondation Maeght – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
2004 – 11/14/2004
2003
Paris 1945 bis 1965 – Metropole der Kunst. Malerei, Plastik, Graphik, Photographie
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz – Linz, Austria
12/11/2003 – 04/12/2004
Sept Lieux – Sept Matières
Hôtel du Département, Centre d’Art Présence Van Gogh, Château de l’Empéri, Galerie du Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, Musée de l’Arles Antique – Marseille, France
10/17/2003 – 01/15/2004
2002
André Malraux et la Modernité
Musée de la vie romantique – Paris, France
01/2002 – 03/24/2002
Premier vernissage / First exhibition
Galerie Marc Gaudet-Blavignac – Geneva GE, Switzerland
10/10/2002 – 11/10/2002
Sans commune mesure
Musée d’Art Moderne Lille Métropole – Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
09/22/2002 – 01/19/2003
Retour au classicisme : Picasso, Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck…
Musée de l’Annonciade – Saint-Tropez, France
07/06/2002 – 10/07/2002
1998
Le Décoratif dans l’art du XX siècle
Musée d’Art Moderne Lille Métropole – Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
10/17/1998 – 02/18/1999
Max Beckmann und Paris
Kunsthaus – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
09/25/1998 – 01/03/1999
La Collection du Centre Georges Pompidou, un choix au Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
06/16/1998 – 09/19/1999
The Spirit of Cubism
Tate Liverpool – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
05/23/1998 – 04/1999
1997
Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1997
Encounters with Modern Art : Works from the Rothschild Family Collections
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
10/04/1997 – 01/04/1998
L’Empreinte
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
02/19/1997 – 05/12/1997
Masterworks from the Florene May Schoenborn Bequest
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
02/06/1997 – 03/11/1997
Made in France 1947-1997, 50 ans de création en France
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
01/30/1997 – 09/29/1997
1964
Documenta III
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Alte Galerie – Kassel, Germany
06/27/1964 – 10/05/1964
1962
Aquarelles, dessins, estampes
Galerie Cinq Mars – Paris, France
01/24/1962 – 02/13/1962
1959
1ère Biennale de Paris
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
10/02/1959 – 10/25/1959
Documenta II – Kunst nach 1945
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Schloss Bellevue – Kassel, Germany
07/11/1959 – 10/11/1959
1955
Documenta 1 – Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
07/15/1955 – 09/18/1955
1948
24° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1948
Ecole de Paris – Paintings
Marquié Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/03/1948 – 04/24/1948
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2000
L’art au XXème siècle – Peinture, Sculpture, Nouveaux Médias, Photographie
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Collectif
2000
ISBN : 3822857319
1970
The Cubist Epoch
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
Author: Cooper Douglas – London, United Kingdom
1970
CD-Rom
1999
Le Centre Georges Pompidou “La Collection”
Publisher: MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou 19 rue Beaubourg – Paris, France
Publisher: Infogrames Entertainment – 1 place Verrazano – Lyon, France
1999
Dictionaries
1991
L’art du XXème siècle
Publisher: Larousse – 21 rue du Montparnasse – Paris, France
Author: Breuille Jean-Philippe
1991
ISBN : 2035113083
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