Georges Braque was one of the fathers of Cubism. Along with Picasso he
             explored and invented a new way of painting that got its name from critics who
             pointed out small cubes in his earliest cubist works. At the end of 1907, Braque met
             Picasso at the unveiling of The Ladies of Avignon. This piece and a nude by Braque
             of late 1907 would become known as the first cubist paintings. Both artists were
             inspired by Cezanne's use of geometry in representing the subject matter in his
             painting. These works being some of the first to reject the classical ideas of a painting
             by portraying real subject matter abstractly rather than realistically, it was only natural
             for the two artists to collaborate on future works. The two began to discuss ideas and
             show one another their current works. Eventually, this collaboration became like a
             partnership where their ideas were freely traded and built upon by one another.
             At the peak of Analytic Cubism, paintings by Braque and Picasso had great
             similarities and the pair often painted the same subject matter at the same time. They
             worked so close Braque once said that they were like mountain climbers, roped
             together and pulling one another up. In 1908 Braque parted from his previous
             Fauvist style began to paint in very limited palettes of subdued greens, browns,
             and ochre. His work became very structured and more abstract. His concern was
             with space, multiplicity, form, and time rather than with color. The idea was to show
             the subject from multiple angles. Picasso's work followed this pattern as well.
             Braque, however, turned to still lives while Picasso did most of his work with human
             The differences between the two can be seen in works from the same time
             frame. Picasso's Vollard and Braque's Violin with Pitcher are both from 1910.
             Picasso's work pushes the foreground back and pulls the background forward mixing
             the two in order to create space. Braque's ...