Braque Essay Research Paper Although George Braque

Braque Essay, Research Paper

Although George Braque (May 13, 1882

- Aug. 31, 1963) was one of the most influential painters of the twentieth

century his name is all but forgotten. He has received little credit for his

efforts towards the creation of analytic cubism. Many art historians believe

that his prestigious role as father of analytic cubism was cut short because of

Picasso.s fame. Many arguments have arisen asking the question: .Who is the

father of cubism.. There is no doubt that Picasso started the spark which

ignited modern art movements with the creation of .Les Demoiselles d.Avignon...

But, soon after Picasso created this work Braque created .Houses at

L.Estaque.. This painting started the analytic phase of cubism. With this in

mind, it can be stated that Picasso is the father of modern twentieth century

art and Braque is the father of analytic cubism. George Braque is one of the

most influential painters of the twentieth century. He co-worked with Picasso to

create cubism and helped spark all the future art movements of the twentieth

century. As well as this, he was the influence that made Picasso the fame that

he was to become. Braque has never received the recognition he should have

because of Picasso.s fame, but his personal position in the art community was

high and his involvement with World War One was a major culprits that aided in

his downfall in artistic popularity. .Who the father of cubism.., has always

been a question that has pondered the minds of art historians and scholars. It

is clear though that both Braque and Picasso played their prominent role in the

creation of cubism. Picasso provided, with his proto-Cubist

"Demoiselles," the initial liberating shock. But it was Braque,

largely because of his admiration for Cezanne, who provided much of the early

tendency toward geometrical forms. Braque.s early tendency towards geometric

form and cubes was the spark which ignited the minds of all future cubist

artists; including Picasso. If there is one painting that is possibly one of the

most influential images regarding cubism in the twenty first century it is

George Braque.s .Houses at L.Estaque.. During the summer of 1908 in

southern France, Braque painted a series of radically innovative canvases, of

which the most celebrated is .Houses at L.Estaque.; in this painting we

can see the slab volumes, sober coloring, and warped perspective typical of the

first part of what has been called the analytical phase of Cubism. This painting

was shown in a show at Kahnweiler’s gallery. It provoked from the Paris critic

Louis Vauxcelles a remark about "cubes" that soon blossomed into a

stylistic label. This painting was the painting that gave cubism its name.

Vauxcelles.s remarked about the canvas being full of small cubes, and this

comment was the spark that constituted the name of the movement. Braque

undertook Vauxcelles criticisms, much like other movements of the past, and used

it for the name of the movement. ( Flam, 144) In .Houses at L’Estaque. all

the sensuous elements of Braque’s previous years were banished. Color has been

reduced to a severe combination of browns, dull greens and grays. The curving

rhythms have given way to a system of vertical and horizontal, broken only by

the forty-five degree diagonals of roof-tops and trees. All details have been

eliminated and the foliage of the trees reduced to a minimum to reveal the

geometric severity of the houses. These are continued upwards almost to the top

of the canvas so that the eye is allowed no escape beyond them. The picture

plane is further emphasized by the complete lack of aerial perspective (the far

houses are, if anything, darker and stronger in value than the foreground

house), and by the fact that occasionally contours are broken and forms opened

up into each other. There is no central vanishing point; indeed in many of the

houses all the canons of traditional perspective are completely broken. (Flam

145) Although Braque was the first to create a cubist work, it is well known

that cubism was a combined team effort that was created through the genius

partnership of both Braque and Picasso. It is impossible to say which of the two

was the principal stylistic inventor of the revolutionary new style, for at the

height of their collaboration they exchanged ideas almost daily and produced

pictures so alike as to be practically indistinguishable. Examples of these

similarities are the various nude pictures of women that both Picasso and Braque

created during the first years of analytic cubism. If we compare George

Braque.s .Large Nude., to Picasso.s Three women; it is easy to see that

they must have collaborated many ideas and exchanged critical analysis of each

others work constantly. The images in these two paintings look like they were

created in almost exactly the sam

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