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Lot Essay
An event of decisive importance to the history of modern painting occurred towards the end of 1907, when the poet Guillaume Apollinaire introduced his close friend Picasso to Georges Braque. Braque, who was almost the same age as Picasso, had for some two years been a leading exponent of Fauve painting, but when this meeting took place he had begun to give a more formal, almost 'Cézanne-like' structure to his paintings.
Picasso and Braque continued their Cubist experiments, at times working independently and at others in tandem. Picasso had never exhibited any of his Cubist works at the large Salons or taken part in any group exhibitions. After 1909, Braque too distanced himself from the Parisian exhibitions.
Both Picasso and Braque continued to experiment with their new cubist vocabularies. Picasso made a conscious decision only to deal with Kahnweiler, and Braque stopped exhibiting publicly after the Salon des Indépendants of 1909. Many cirtics have termed these 'The years of isolation' yet nothing could be further from the truth since Braque and Picasso continued to collaborate and discuss their work with one another.
By 1914-15, Picasso was working on his own and the works he created then can well be seen as an an antithesis with regard to naturalism. Generally, Picasso kept the appearance of his compositions flat, but enriched them with stronger and more varied colours, ornamental motifs and variations in texture. The appearance of naturalistic elements in his works was seen as a defeat by some. It is more likely however that Picasso, once more was testing the limitations of what he was doing, bringing the cubist era in his work not only to a close but also to a climax.
Picasso and Braque continued their Cubist experiments, at times working independently and at others in tandem. Picasso had never exhibited any of his Cubist works at the large Salons or taken part in any group exhibitions. After 1909, Braque too distanced himself from the Parisian exhibitions.
Both Picasso and Braque continued to experiment with their new cubist vocabularies. Picasso made a conscious decision only to deal with Kahnweiler, and Braque stopped exhibiting publicly after the Salon des Indépendants of 1909. Many cirtics have termed these 'The years of isolation' yet nothing could be further from the truth since Braque and Picasso continued to collaborate and discuss their work with one another.
By 1914-15, Picasso was working on his own and the works he created then can well be seen as an an antithesis with regard to naturalism. Generally, Picasso kept the appearance of his compositions flat, but enriched them with stronger and more varied colours, ornamental motifs and variations in texture. The appearance of naturalistic elements in his works was seen as a defeat by some. It is more likely however that Picasso, once more was testing the limitations of what he was doing, bringing the cubist era in his work not only to a close but also to a climax.