Biography
Georges Braque was born in Argenteuil, France on May 13, 1882. In 1890 his family moved to Normandy and settled in La Havre. From 1897 and onwards he attended evening classes at the local Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and the following year he left school and was apprenticed to a house painter with the idea that he should eventually take over the family business. He left for Paris to study under a master decorator to receive his craftsman certificate in 1901 (Guggenheim, [n.d.].). His apprenticeship was completed in Paris under another house-painter, a friend and former employee of his father, and while he was doing this he also continues to study drawing and painting at evening classes.
Georges Braque was born in Argenteuil, France on May 13, 1882. In 1890 his family moved to Normandy and settled in La Havre. From 1897 and onwards he attended evening classes at the local Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and the following year he left school and was apprenticed to a house painter with the idea that he should eventually take over the family business. He left for Paris to study under a master decorator to receive his craftsman certificate in 1901 (Guggenheim, [n.d.].). His apprenticeship was completed in Paris under another house-painter, a friend and former employee of his father, and while he was doing this he also continues to study drawing and painting at evening classes.