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Braque’s Louvre exhibition during his lifetime
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printed portrait of Georges Braque, credited to photographer Pierre Dubreuil, in an 1898–1903 Rijksmuseum object record, made available CC0 1.0. Cropped from the book-page scan to isolate the printed portrait; no other image manipulation. [Source and rights](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portret_van_Georges_Braque_Portr%C3%A4t_des_Bildhauers_Braque_(titel_op_object),_RP-F-2001-7-1184B-228.jpg). Visually checked 2026-10-28.
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In 1961, the Louvre dedicated an exhibition, *L’Atelier de Braque*, to Georges Braque. Museum sources describe it as the first exhibition at the Louvre devoted to a living artist. Braque died in 1963, so this recognition came two years before his death.
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