"Georges Braque was born in 1882. He joined the artists involved in developing fauvism in 1905, and at l'Estaque he was profoundly influenced by C?zanne. He met Picasso, and the two simultaneously explored form and structure with results that led to the development of cubism. In works such as the monumental "Nude" done in 1907?8 and seen at Cuttoli Collection, Paris, Braque exe...see more »mplified the analytical phase of the movement with his keen sense of structure and orderly method of decomposing an object. In 1911 he introduced typographical letters into his canvases and soon began working in collage. After World War I, in which he was badly wounded, Braque veered away from the angularity of early cubism and developed a more graceful, curvilinear style, predominantly painting still life. His works showed restraint and subtlety both in design and color - for example, "The Table" in the Pulitzer Collection, St. Louis, Missouri. Braque is represented in leading galleries in Europe and the United States."« see less