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Pitcher and Violin is an oil on canvas painting by the French artist Georges Braque, created in 1909-10. It was made at the beginning of the development of what would be analytical cubism. The painting is held the Kunstmuseum, in Basel.[1]
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| Artist | Georges Braque |
| Year | 1909-1910 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 116.8 cm × 73.2 cm (46.0 in × 28.8 in) |
| Location | Kunstmuseum, Basel |
History
Pitcher and Violin was part of a series of remarkable still lifes that Braque painted in 1910-1912. The painting depicts a violin and a pitcher, but far from the tradition of typical still lives: the outlines of the objects are extremely abstract and monochrome. This style is typical of the stage of analytical cubism, which flourished in 1910-1912.
Description and analysis
Braque's work was characterized by his use of illusionistic techniques, therefore, in this painting, the artist resorts to trompe l'oeil in the image of a nail, which appears "nailed" to the wall and on which the still life depicted on canvas "hangs", thereby emphasizing the deliberate two-dimensionality of space. With this canvas, Braque postulates and actualizes the main idea of analytical cubism: “under the analytical gaze of a cubist, an object is divided into many separate geometric elements, angles, faces, which are then arranged in a certain way on the plane of the canvas, forming semi-abstract... compositions”.[2]
Simultaneous tendencies, to which trompe-l'oeil belongs, are characteristic of the art of that time, since the cubists strive to depict reality in its entirety, from all angles and points of view, actualizing every moment of the object's being. Thus, the objects in the paintings are deprived of material foundations, giving way to geometric forms, and the paintings themselves tend to resemble abstract schemes. The illusiveness, monochrome and deliberate "flatness" of the objects takes them out of the traditional context and forces viewers to rethink them in new categories.[3]
References
- Pitcher and Violin, Kunstmuseum Basel
- Leksikon nonklassiki. Khudozhestvenno-esteticheskaya kul'tura XX veka, V. V. Bychkova, Moscow, Rossiyskaya politicheskaya entsiklopediya, 2003, p. 256 (Russian)
- Braque's (Real) Art in the "Still Life with Violin and Pitcher", Artforum, October 1977
На других языках
- [en] Pitcher and Violin
[fr] Broc et Violon
Broc et Violon est un tableau peint par Georges Braque en 1909-1910. Cette huile sur toile est une nature morte représentant un broc, un violon et, dans sa partie haute, un clou en trompe-l'œil qui contribue à en faire un chef-d'œuvre du cubisme analytique. Elle est conservée au Kunstmuseum, à Bâle, en Suisse.[ru] Скрипка и кувшин
«Скрипка и кувшин» (фр. Broc et Violon) — картина французского художника Жоржа Брака, написанная в 1909—1910 годах, с которой началась стадия аналитического кубизма. Картина находится в Художественном музее в Базеле[1].Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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