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Georges Braque
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Noun1.Georges Braque - French painter who led the cubist movement (1882-1963)


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Braaq - a misspelling of the French painter George Braque - was Shields' schoolboy nickname because of his artistic talent.
As a young man, he was influenced by European cubism and abstraction after seeing the works of such painters as Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso and George Braque at the famous 1913 New York Armory Show.
But it would be a shame if there was not the artwork of Hannah Hoch, John Heartfield, Pablo Picasso, George Braques, Andy Warhol, and all the artists who have fed on the material discards of society to both comment on the society and to create something new.
 
 
 
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