Georges Braque
Les deux oiseaux (Oiseau X)
About this artwork
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artist:Georges Braque (1882 - 1963) French
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title:Les deux oiseaux (Oiseau X)
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date created:1956
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materials:Colour etching on paper
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measurements:20.50 x 30.00 cm (framed: 36.00 x 44.00 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:The Henry and Sula Walton collection: bequeathed 2012
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accession number:GMA 5218
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gallery:
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Georges Braque
Georges Braque
Braque was brought up in Le Havre where he trained as a painter and decorator. He moved to Paris in 1900, later becoming associated with the Fauves. Influenced by Cézanne, from 1907 he abandoned loose brushwork for a more structured, geometric style. Picasso's work developed in a similar way and...