![]() ![]() “It is not enough to make people see the object you paint. Georges Braque, Still Life with Oysters (1937), via Phillips Collection The exhibition also brings together the Braque paintings known as the Rosenberg Quartet (1928-29) for the first time in 80 years. ![]() The show wastes no time, examining Braque’s signature techniques as applied to the form of the still-life. In the 1920’s, Duncan Phillips helped introduce Braque’s paintings to a wider American audience, and now, Braque has returned to the public eye through The Phillips Collection, offering a new look at the painter’s work nearly 100 years after he arrived in the United States. Georges Braque, Stool, Vase, Palette (1939), via Phillips Collection Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928-1945, currently on view at the The Phillips Collection, is a reflection of the changes happening in society in its modern period, with Braque positioned at the forefront an in-depth look at the years leading up to and through World War II, and the artist’s simultaneous reactions. Georges Braque was a French artist born in the late 19 th century and was a determining force, along with the likes of Picasso, in the forming of the Cubism movement, pioneering new forms and techniques in figuration and depiction that ultimately became a driving force for much of the 20th century avant-garde. Georges Braque, Studio with Black Vase (1938), via Phillips Collection ![]()
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