Georges Braque (1882-1963)

In 1907, the 24-year-old Georges Braque arrived in Paris and took six landscape paintings at the l’Estaque, which were exhibited at the Salon des Independants. There he met Matisse and other Fauves. Later, he was introduced to Picasso by Apollinaire, who had just completed his *Les Demoiselles d’Avignon*, which encouraged Braque to move forward with Cézanne, moving beyond Fauvism to Cubism.

Considered the founder of Picasso’s Cubism, Braque analyzed and synthesized Cubist expressions, thus returning to his freedom of “destroying objects and elaborate imitation” (André Malraux).

After joining the club, Braque appeared in the form of “The Painter and His Model” (1939), with Van Gogh’s figure visible through the window.