biography
pronunciation:
[brak]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1882–1963)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Argenteuil, NC France. He was one of the founders of classical Cubism, and worked with Picasso (1908–14). After World War 1 he developed a personal nongeometric, semi-abstract style. His paintings are mainly of still-life, the subject being transformed into a two-dimensional pattern, and they are among the outstanding decorative achievements of our time, with a pervasive influence on other painters. Two of his paintings are ‘The Port of La Ciotat’ (1907, John Hay Whitney Collection, New York) and ‘The Black Birds’ (1957, Aimé Maeght Collection). |
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