{"id":10966,"date":"2014-01-09T10:49:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T15:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=10966"},"modified":"2014-01-26T12:36:22","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T17:36:22","slug":"portrait-of-the-painter-who-loved-braque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2014\/01\/portrait-of-the-painter-who-loved-braque.html","title":{"rendered":"Portrait of the Painter Who Loved Braque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center>&#8220;Willem de Kooning always maintained that Braque&#8217;s early analytical cubist paintings<br \/> were the last great bout of true painting.&#8221; <em><strong> &#8212; Gerard Bellaart<\/strong><\/em> (who also loves Braque)<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_10965\" style=\"width: 485px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gerards-portrait-of-de-kooning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10965\" data-attachment-id=\"10965\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2014\/01\/portrait-of-the-painter-who-loved-braque.html\/gerards-portrait-of-de-kooning\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gerards-portrait-of-de-kooning.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"475,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Portrait of Willem de Kooning&amp;#8217; by Gerard Bellaart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;Portrait of Willem de Kooning&amp;#8217; by Gerard Bellaart&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gerards-portrait-of-de-kooning.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gerards-portrait-of-de-kooning.jpg\" alt title=\"&#039;Portrait of Willem de Kooning&#039; by Gerard Bellaart\" width=\"475\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gerards-portrait-of-de-kooning.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gerards-portrait-of-de-kooning-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>&#8216;Portrait of Willem de Kooning&#8217; by Gerard Bellaart<\/p><\/div><\/center><br \/>\n<center>Now have a look at what de Kooning was talking about.<br \/>Here are some of the analytical cubist paintings Braque did from 1908 to 1912. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193648\">Houses at Estaque<\/a> [1908]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193615\">Castle at La Roche Guyon<\/a> [1909]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193631\">Glass on a Table<\/a> [1909]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193638\">Guitar and Fruit Dish<\/a> [1909]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193643\">Harbor in Normandy<\/a> [1909]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/georges-braque\/piano-and-mandolin#supersized-artistPaintings-193743\">The Castle in La Roche Guyon<\/a> [1909]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193746\">The City on the Hill<\/a> [1909]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193767\">The Park at Carri\u00e8res-Saint-Denis<\/a> [1909]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193772\">The Pitcher<\/a> [1909]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193813\">Violin and Palette<\/a> [1909]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193823\">Woman with a Mandolin<\/a> [1910]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193586\">Woman with a Mandolin<\/a> [1910]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193815\">Violin and pitcher<\/a> [1910]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193656\">Le Sacre Coeur<\/a> [1910]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193760\">The Mandola<\/a> [1910]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193805\">Violin and candlestick<\/a> [1910]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193810\">Violin and jug<\/a> [1910]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193618\">Clarinet and Bottle of Rum on a Mantelpiece<\/a> [1911]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193662\">Man with a Guitar<\/a> [1911]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193684\">Pedestal Table<\/a> [1911]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193691\">Portrait of a Woman<\/a> [1911]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193692\">Portuguese<\/a> [1911]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193695\">Rooftops at Ceret<\/a> [1911]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193709\">Still Life with a Pair of Banderillas<\/a> [1911]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193711\">Still Life with a Violin<\/a> [1911]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193723\">Still life with harp and violin<\/a> [1911]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193742\">The Candlestick<\/a> [1911]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193821\">Woman Reading<\/a> [1911]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193611\">Bottle and Fishes<\/a> [1912]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193628\">Fruitdish and Glass<\/a> [1912]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193634\">Glasses and Bottle<\/a> [1912]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193647\">Homage to J.S. Bach<\/a> [1912]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193664\">Man with a violin<\/a> [1912]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193686\">Pedestal Table: &#8220;Stal&#8221;<\/a> [1912]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193705\">Still Life with a Bunch of Grapes<\/a> [1912]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193741\">The Bottle of Rum<\/a> [1912]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193806\">Violin and Clarinet on a Table<\/a> [1912]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipaintings.org\/en\/paintings-by-style\/analytical-cubism?firstArtist=georges-braque#supersized-georges-braque-193818\">Violin Mozart Kubelick<\/a> [1912]<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><strong>Postscript:<\/strong> Jan. 11 &#8212; Here are two other Bellaart sketches of de Kooning.<\/center><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_11070\" style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/de-K-1-bellaart280-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11070\" data-attachment-id=\"11070\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2014\/01\/portrait-of-the-painter-who-loved-braque.html\/de-k-1-bellaart280\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/de-K-1-bellaart280-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"258,344\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sketch #1 of Willem de Kooning by Gerard Bellaart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt; Sketch #1 of de Kooning by Bellaart&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/de-K-1-bellaart280-.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/de-K-1-bellaart280-.jpg\" alt=\"Sketch #1 of Willem de Kooning by Gerard Bellaart\" width=\"258\" height=\"344\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/de-K-1-bellaart280-.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/de-K-1-bellaart280--225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/> Sketch #1<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_11071\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/de-K-2-bellaart280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11071\" data-attachment-id=\"11071\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2014\/01\/portrait-of-the-painter-who-loved-braque.html\/de-k-2-bellaart280\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/de-K-2-bellaart280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"280,344\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sketch #2 of Willem de Kooning by Gerard Bellaart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt; Sketch #2 of de Kooning by Bellaart&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/de-K-2-bellaart280.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/de-K-2-bellaart280.jpg\" alt title=\"Sketch #2 of Willem de Kooning by Gerard Bellaart\" width=\"280\" height=\"344\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/de-K-2-bellaart280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/de-K-2-bellaart280-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/> Sketch #2<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Willem de Kooning always maintained that Braque&#8217;s early analytical cubist paintings were the last great bout of true painting.&#8221; &#8212; Gerard Bellaart (who also loves Braque) Now have a look at what de Kooning was talking about.Here are some of the analytical cubist paintings Braque did from 1908 to 1912. 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