Buy Georges Braque Prints, Serigraphs and Posters - French George Braque was born in Argenteuil, a Seine-side village near Paris. Both his father and grandfather were skilled artists. In 1890 the family moved to Le Havre where Braque led quite a solitary childhood. He went to the local Ecole des Beaux-Arts but failed his exams in 1899, leaving his parents to apprentice their son to a local painter-decorator. In Paris Braque gained a craftsman's diploma and through a friendship with Raoul Dufy and Othon Friesz became involved in the Fauvist movement.
In 1907 he first saw the work of Paul Cézanne and in the same year met Pablo Picasso who had just completed 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon' (1907). Although not immediately impressed, Georges Braque began experimenting with a fragmented style, eventually completing 'Nude' (1907-1908) which can be seen as one of the earliest works in Cubism. Returning to the Mediterranean, and to painting landscapes, Braque was rapidly developing his own distinctive vision, imposing his own take on the landscape rather than replicating exactly what he saw. For the next few years Braque worked closely with Picasso particularly between 1910 and 1912, experimenting with Cubism and this new technique in which to represent form and space. Musical instruments were frequently depicted such as in 'Man with a Guitar' (1911) and a number of still-lifes.Popular Georges Braque Prints and Serigraphs include 'Couple d'oiseaux', 'Deux oiseaux' and 'L'oiseau et son ombre'.