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The Birds (painting)
''The Birds'' or ''The Two Birds'' () is a monumental 1952–1953 ceiling painting by Georges Braque in the Salle Henri II in the Louvre, which had to be renovated at that time. He was commissioned by Georges Salles, director of the museums of France. It was unveiled in 1953. The artist succeeded in scaling an intimate theme dear to him up to a monumental scale. He resolved the problem posed by the vast canvas by using large blocks of colour, giving the work as a whole strength and simplicity. Birds in Braque's work Braque began introducing the theme of the bird into his ''Ateliers'' series in 1949 with ''Atelier IV'' (oil on canvas, private collection). He worked on this theme from 1952 until his death, digging deeper and deeper into the bird concept and multiplying the references to flight. The artist went to observe a bird reserve in Camargue where he admired the flight of pink flamingos: Braque stylized the flat shapes and simplified them to the extreme in the following year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Braque
Georges Braque ( ; ; 13 May 1882 – 31 August 1963) was a major 20th-century List of French artists, French painter, Collage, collagist, Drawing, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. His most notable contributions were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1905, and the role he played in the development of Cubism. Braque's work between 1908 and 1912 is closely associated with that of his colleague Pablo Picasso. Their respective Cubist works were indistinguishable for many years, yet the quiet nature of Braque was partially eclipsed by the fame and notoriety of Picasso. Early life Georges Braque was born on 13 May 1882 in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise. He grew up in Le Havre and trained to be a house painter and interior decorator, decorator like his father and grandfather. However, he also studied artistic painting during evenings at the École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen, previously known as the École supérieure des Arts in Le Havre, from about 1897 to 1899. In Paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |