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Braque

American  
[brahk, brak] / brɑk, brak /

noun

  1. Georges 1882–1963, French painter.


Braque British  
/ brak /

noun

  1. Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1882–1963, French painter who developed cubism (1908–14) with Picasso

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Five works by Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Modigliani and Leger, with an estimated combined value of more than €100 million, disappeared from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris on May 20, 2010.

From Barron's Oct. 20, 2025

In 2013 he gave 78 paintings from every stage of Cubism—all of them by Picasso, Braque, Léger or Gris—to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

Also included in this show are Argillet-published etchings by other famed avant-garde artists such as Georges Braque, Jean Cocteau, Leonor Fini and Giorgio de Chirico.

From Seattle Times Apr. 24, 2024

Georges Braque, in 1907, looked at his Spanish friend’s new painting, “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon,” and felt “as if someone had drunk kerosene to spit fire.”

From New York Times Apr. 6, 2023

Even Braque thought they might have gone too far.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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