Concert (Braque)

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Concert
ArtistGeorges Braque
Year1937
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions71.12 cm × 90.17 cm (28.00 in × 35.50 in)
LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Website[1]

Concert is an

Surrealist
inspired aspects, such as a more colorful palette, and a more representational rendering of the objects. Concert incorporates colors such as green and blue, as opposed to containing strictly neutral tones. However, Concert still incorporates many Cubist elements, such as the play on perspectives, fragmentation, and the inclusion of letters.

Braque had an early fascination with still-life subjects for their tactile space, and for the possibilities of contradictory perspectives. However, with the end of Cubism in 1919, and the birth of

Freudian Theory
of the id, and paintings subsequently included dream or fantasy inspired subject matter. Nonetheless, in the 1930s, Braque's early interest in still-life re-emerged, and he continued to use still-life as the subject of his paintings.

Concert is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

References

  1. ^ "Los Angeles County Museum of Art". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-04-20.