Peonies
Georges Braque
1926
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
overall: 56.2 x 69.3 cm (22 1/8 x 27 5/16 in.) framed: 83.8 x 100.6 x 8.2 cm (33 x 39 5/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Chester Dale Collection
Accession Number
1963.10.90
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 ...