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Georges Braque Biographie
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1882 |
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Born: Argenteuil-sur-Seine, France (May 13)
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1897 - 1899 |
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Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre
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1901 |
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Studied under a master decorator and received his craftsmen certificate
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1901 |
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Military service near Le Havre (length reduced to one year for artisans)
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1902 |
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Moves to rue Lepic and enrolls in the Académie Humbert, where he meets Francis Picabia and Marie Laurencin
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1903 |
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Goes back to the Académie Humbert. He studies the impressionists at the Musée du Luxembourg and in the Durand-Ruel and Vollard galleries
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1904 |
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Moves to rue d’Orsel in Montmartre and begins to work exclusively with nature. His first works are influenced by impressionism
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1907 |
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March: at the Salon des Indépendants, Braque sells six landscapes created in L’Estaque. This success confirmed his desire to become a painter. In March or April, Braque meets Picasso through the poet Guillaume Apollinaire
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1915 |
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11 May: Braque is severely wounded in the head in Carency, and undergoes surgery
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1923 |
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Creates the stage set for the ballet Les Fâcheux, by Boris Kochno
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1925 |
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Moves to his new house in rue Douanier, built for him by the architect Auguste Perret. He creates the stage set for Diaghilev’s ballet, Zephyr et Flore
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1929 |
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Sets up an atelier in his house in Varengeville-sur-Mer
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1937 |
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1st Prize, Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA.
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1947 |
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Aimé Maeght becomes his art dealer and holds an exhibition of Braque’s works from 30 May through 30 June
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1963 |
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Died: Paris, France (August 31)
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2013
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Georges Braque - The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
L’art en guerre. Francia, 1938–1947: De Picasso a Dubuffet - Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao
Over, Under, Next: Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913–present - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
A Taste for Modernism - Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Correspondences - ms2 – Muzeum Sztuki Lodz, Lodz
Société Anonyme: Modernism for America - Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
1913: The Year of Modernism - Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
1913 Armory Show Revisited - International Print Center New York, New York City, NY
Georges Braque - Graphikmuseum Pablo Picasso Münster, Münster
Face And Figure In European Art, 1928-1945 - Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928–1945 - Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
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2012
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L'Art en Guerre, France 1938-1947 - De Picasso a Dubuffet - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris
Avant-Gardes - The collection of the Triton Foundation - Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Im Netzwerk der Moderne. - Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden
20th Century Masters - Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg
Georges Braque Antoni Tàpies - J&P Fine Art, Zurich
From Picasso to Koons. Artist’s Jewellery - Benaki Museum, Athens
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2011
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Pioneer Of Modernism - Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York City, NY
La Theogonie de Georges Braque - LaM - Lille Métropole musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut, Villeneuve d'Ascq
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2010
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GEORGES BRAQUE - ET SES AMIS - Galerie Siegel-Springmann, Freiburg
Georges Braque - Die Druckgraphik - Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Ahlen
Georges Braque - Arbeiten aus dem graphischen Œuvre und auf Papier - Galerie Boisserée, Cologne
Georges Braque - Die Druckgraphik - Kunsthaus Stade, Stade
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2009
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Bank-Austria-Kunstforum, Wien, Austria
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1991
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Das graphisches Werk, Sammlung C. S., Westfälisches Landesmuseum Münster, Germany
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1990
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Das druckgraphische Werk, Kulturhaus der Stadt Graz, Austria, Kulturamt der Stadt Klagenfurt, Austria, Landessammlungen Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria
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1988
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Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, München, Germany, Solomon-R.-Guggenheim-Museum, New York, USA
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1960
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Retrospective organized by the Kunsthalle of Basel from 9 April through 29 May
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1960
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Exhibition of his graphical work at the National Library in Paris.
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1957
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Exhibition of The Sculpture of Georges Braque at the Cincinnati Art Museum.
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1956
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Exhibitions in Edinburgh and at the Tate Gallery in London.
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1952
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September to October: exhibition in Tokyo.
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1949
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Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Art Museum in Cleveland.
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1945
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Exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Beaux-Arts building in Brussels
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1943
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Exhibits 26 paintings and 9 sculptures at the Salon d’automne
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1940
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Retrospective exhibition in Chicago, Washington and San Francisco
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1937
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April 3 to 30: exhibition at Paul Rosenberg’s art gallery, including the Duos series
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1936
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November to December: exhibition at the Fine Arts building in Brussels
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1933
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9 April to 14 May: first retrospective of Braque’s works at the Kunsthalle in Basel
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1924
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May 2 to 21: first exhibition at the Paul Rosenberg’s Art Gallery
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1908
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First exclusive exhibition at Kahnweiler gallery which included a catalogue prefaced by Apollinaire
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1907
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Cézanne Exhibition at Bernheim-Jeune’s Art Gallery
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1906
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March: Exhibits seven paintings at the Salon des Indépendants which were later destroyed
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