Delaunay and Léger used Cubism’s abstract language of fractured forms and spatial dislocations to express the modern urban experience.
Braque
Despite its often baffling innovations, one of the defining features of Cubism is its engagement with the Western painting tradition.
Georges Braque, Violin and Palette
When we consider what a Cubist painting represents we engage in an intellectual or conceptual activity rather than a merely perceptual or visual one.
Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso: Two Cubist ...
An homage to Cézanne, but also a reaction to having seen Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Braque is exploring.
Georges Braque, Le Viaduc à L’Estaque, (The ...
What does this painting by Braque have to do with a cup of coffee?
Georges Braque, The Portuguese
Braque hated Picasso’s Demoiselles when he saw it. But he couldn’t get it out of his head… or off of his canvas.
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