Book review: Georges Braque: Colour behind shades of grey in enlightening portrait of the artist

Scotland on Sunday | June 12, 2005| | Copyright

Georges Braque

George Danchev

Hamish Hamilton, GBP 35

GEORGES Braque has the unfortunate reputation of having been the most boring artist who ever lived. This entertaining and informative tome may not be the last word on the great man, but certainly helps to flesh out a life traditionally considered every bit as grey as his palette.

Braque did not court publicity in the way Picasso did, nor has his name attracted the same air of sexual piquancy as that of, say, Matisse. Yet he can claim to stand alongside both as the third member of a triumvirate that laid the foundations for modern art. ...

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