Still Life
c. 1918
Medium
watercolor, gouache, graphite, and black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 16.51 × 13.97 cm (6 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.) sheet: 23.5 × 23.18 cm (9 1/4 × 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
2014.18.4
About the Artist
Georges Braque
Georges Braque (1882–1963) was a French painter, collagist, and sculptor who, together with Pablo Picasso, invented Cubism — one of the most revolutionary developments in the history of Western art. Born in Argenteuil and raised in Le Havre, he initially trained as a house painter and decorator before studying fine art at the Académie Humbert and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Braque's early ...