Georges Braque, in Georges Braque, 1882-1963: An American Tribute, Public Education Association, 1964, p. 1
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Take the birds which you'll have noticed in so many of my recent paintings. I never thought them up, they just materialized of their own accord; they were born on the canvas... it is absurd to read any sort of symbolic significance into them.
— Georges Braque on Symbolism (arts)
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About Georges Braque
Georges Braque (13 May 1882 – 31 August 1963) was a French painter and sculptor. He was one of the French Fauve painters, circa 1906. From 1908 he initiated, in close cooperation with Pablo Picasso, the first step of Cubism.
About Georges Braque
Georges Braque (13 May 1882 – 31 August 1963) was a French painter and sculptor. He was one of the French Fauve painters, circa 1906. From 1908 he initiated, in close cooperation with Pablo Picasso, the first step of Cubism.
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