Georges Braque, 1882-1963

Picasso welcomes Braque to his Barcelona museum in this anthological exhibition of works that have so much in common with his own. The show reveals the artistic paths of the artists converging and diverging at different times, and their huge mutual respect for each other's plastic research.

The exhibition bears witness to the enriching and creative friendship that revolutionised the artistic language of the twentieth century. The meeting of the two artists at the Museu Picasso seems to respond to an invitation that could have come but never actually did. So, Picasso welcomes an oeuvre that has so many connections to his own in this anthological exhibition staged at his Barcelona museum. The artistic bonds between the two painters during the years 1907 to 1914 and the long-lasting friendship they cultivated form the narrative thread of the Braque show. As the study and selection of works advanced, this core idea developed further to reveal the convergences and divergences between their paths at different points in their careers, and the great mutual respect they had for each other's artistic experiments.