FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 18, 2013 – January 6, 2014
NEW YORK, NY, October 11, 2013– The Grand Palais is hosting an ambitious retrospective of painter, engraver and sculptor Georges Braque's (1882-1963) oeuvre. Widely considered one of the twentieth century's major artists, Braque was the founder of Cubism and the inventor of pasted papers as well as one of the leading figures in the avant-garde of the early twentieth century. With the support of the Centre Pompidou and major international collections, the exhibit presents all the periods in his art from Fauvism to his last works, culminating in the dazzling series of large studios and birds. The exhibition's chronological design focuses on the highlights of his career, from early cubist works, the canephors of the twenties and his later landscapes, which inspired fellow painter Nicolas de Staël. Shown for the first time in a single exhibition, the retrospective gathers the artist's key works and series exploring various themes – landscapes, gueridons, canephors and the complete cycle of the nine Studios (1949-1956) – which amplify and sum up his experimental work.
Five display cases filled with unpublished works, documents and photographs (by Man Ray and Cartier-Bresson among others) explore other perspectives of the artist's life: Braque's collaboration with Pablo Picasso detailing the development of Cubism; the resonance between his art and music and closeness to Erik Satie; his relationship with renowned poets including, Pierre Reverdy, Francis Ponge and René Char and other important intellectual figures of his time, such as Carl Einstein or Jean Paulhan.
LE GRAND PALAIS PRESS CONTACTS
Florence Le Moing
florence.lemoing@rmngp.fr, 01 40 13 47 62
Elodie Vincent
elodie.vincent@rmngp.fr, 01 40 13 47 61
