Pioneer in modern art, Georges Braque began his career as an impressionist, later evolving to fauvism in the early 1900s and finally cubism by 1909. Along with Picasso, Braque was responsible for creating art with simultaneous, geometric perspectives which would come to be known as cubism. Later in his life, Braque’s style would shift once more, to a simple, more reduced aesthetic with an emphasis on form. In 1953, Braque was commissioned to the paint ceiling panels of the Louvre’s Henri II room, creating the L’Ordre des Oiseaux or The Order of Birds. Birds had occupied a lingering presence in several of Braque’s early work and later became his signature. In 1988, designer Yves Saint Laurent paid tribute to Braque by featuring Braque-style birds which decorated several looks in his Spring/Summer collection.