"Still Life (Violin and Candlestick)" 1910 oil on canvas by Georges Braque (1882-1963) at @sfmoma the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Written near the painting: Before Braque dedicated himself to this experimental mode of painting, known as Analytic Cubism, he was a daring colorist. But around 1908 he turned away from landscape painting and removed bright colors from his pictures in favor of a palette of dull browns and beiges. Here Braque depicts ordinary household objects in a classic cubist style that breaks them into angular facets and makes them difficult to identify. If there's an in-joke to this still life, it's that it hardly sits still. The fractured forms and planes pulsate with vitality, the motifs coming in and out of focus as if our vision is taking shape. #braque #georgesbraque #cubism #prismatic #stilllife #sfmoma #sanfrancisco #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #first7 #first7week 2 of 7 #dailyritual (at SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)
