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Braque

 (bräk, brăk), Georges 1882-1963.
French painter who was a leading exponent and theorist of the cubist movement.
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Braque

(French brak)
n
(Biography) Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1882–1963, French painter who developed cubism (1908–14) with Picasso
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Braque

(brɑk)

n.
Georges, 1882–1963, French painter.
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On that day, there was to be a bonfire on the Place de Grève, a maypole at the Chapelle de Braque, and a mystery at the Palais de Justice.
It must be stated, in honor of the good sense of the loungers of Paris, that the greater part of this crowd directed their steps towards the bonfire, which was quite in season, or towards the mystery play, which was to be presented in the grand hall of the Palais de Justice (the courts of law), which was well roofed and walled; and that the curious left the poor, scantily flowered maypole to shiver all alone beneath the sky of January, in the cemetery of the Chapel of Braque.
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