"L'Atelier".
Signed in pencil and numbered 33/75. Colour lithograph, 1961. Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Published by Musées Nationaux, Paris. Image area 43 x 51 cm. S. 51 x 66 cm (BRK Rives).
Vallier 165.
Georges Braque was a French artist and sculptor and is seen as a leading individual in modernism. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts i Le Havre. In the beginning of his career Braque painted in an impressionistic style and was connected to fauvism alongside other artists such as Henri Matisse, Emile-Othon Friesz and André Derain. In 1908 began Braque’s interest in geometric forms and perspectives, kickstarting a close relationship with Pablo Picasso. Together they developed a cubist style with monochromatic colours and multifaceted, complex patterns. The focus of his art was often centred on musical instruments and still life’s.
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