布拉克 (Bùlākè): Braque (transliteration); commo…

Meanings

1 Braque (transliteration); commonly refers to Georges Braque, French Cubist painter (1882-1963)
2 also used for the surname Brack / Black in some contexts

Characters

布

bù

cloth (here phonetic 'Bu-')

拉

lā

to pull (here phonetic '-ra-')

克

kè

to overcome (here phonetic '-que/-k')

Examples

布拉克和毕加索共同开创了立体主义。

Bùlākè hé Bìjiāsuǒ gòngtóng kāichuàng le lìtǐ zhǔyì.

Braque and Picasso jointly founded Cubism.

这幅画风格让我想到布拉克。

Zhè fú huà fēnggé ràng wǒ xiǎngdào Bùlākè.

The style of this painting reminds me of Braque.

Tips

culture

Most often refers to Georges Braque (乔治·布拉克), the French painter who, alongside Picasso, invented Cubism (立体主义) in early-20th-century Paris. In Chinese art history textbooks the two are inseparable. Note: '布拉格' (Bùlāgé, with 格) is the city Prague — easy to confuse.