Question: Brian Shields, was a Liverpool-born English painter, he acquired the nickname "Braaq" in his school days — on account of his artistic talent he was nicknamed "Braque" after Georges Braque, of which nationality, was a major 20th-century painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor?

<P0-S0>  His most important contributions to the history of art were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1906, and the role he played in the development of Cubism. <P0-S1> Georges Braque ( ; ] ; 13 May 1882 – 31 August 1963) was a major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. <P0-S2>  Braque’s work between 1908 and 1912 is closely associated with that of his colleague Pablo Picasso. <P0-S3>  Their respective Cubist works were indistinguishable for many years, yet the quiet nature of Braque was partially eclipsed by the fame and notoriety of Picasso. <SEP> <P1-S0> Hans Erni (February 21, 1909 – March 21, 2015) was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, illustrator, engraver and sculptor. <P1-S1>  Born in Lucerne, the third of eight siblings, to a cabin cruiser engineer, he studied art at the Académie Julian in Paris and later in Berlin, and admired artist such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. <P1-S2>  He is known for having illustrated postage stamps, his lithographs for the Swiss Red Cross, his participation on the Olympic Committee as well as his activism. <P1-S3>  His 1939 works and first major public success was a mural titled Switzerland: "Vacation Land of the People" was commissioned and displayed for the national exhibition in Zürich. <P1-S4>  The Hans Erni Museum, situated in the grounds of the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne, contains a large collection of artwork, he also designed ceramics and theatre costumes and sets. <P1-S5>  He did the art for Swiss bank notes, in the 1940s but, after the notes were already printed they were never published, because a member of the State Council of Lucerne criticized that Erni was deemed as a communist. <P1-S6>  However, Erni was never member of any political party. <P1-S7>  In 2004, he was awarded the honorary citizenship of the city of Lucerne. <P1-S8>  On 10 January 2009 he received the SwissAward for lifetime accomplishment. <P1-S9>  In his career, he realized about 300 posters and several murals (for the Red Cross, the IOC, the United Nations, ICAO, and many public and private enterprises). <P1-S10>  He illustrated about 200 books and created 90 Postage stamps and 25 medals. <SEP> <P2-S0> L'Oiseau bleu (also known as The Blue Bird and Der Blaue Vogel) is a large oil painting created in 1912–1913 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956); considered by Guillaume Apollinaire and André Salmon as a founder of Cubism, along with Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. <P2-S1>  "L'Oiseau bleu", one of Metzinger's most recognizable and frequently referenced works, was first exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Indépendants in the spring of 1913 (n. 2087), several months after the publication of the first (and only) Cubist manifesto, "Du «Cubisme»", written by Jean Metzinger and Albert Gleizes (1912). <P2-S2>  It was subsequently exhibited at the 1913 in Berlin (titled "Der blaue Vogel", n. 287). <P2-S3>  Apollinaire described "L'Oiseau bleu" as a 'very brilliant painting' and 'his most important work to date'. <P2-S4>  "L'Oiseau bleu", acquired by the City of Paris in 1937, forms part of the permanent collection at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. <SEP> <P3-S0> Brian Shields (1951–1997) was a Liverpool-born English painter. <P3-S1>  He acquired the nickname "Braaq" in his school days — on account of his artistic talent he was nicknamed "Braque" after the French artist Georges Braque. <P3-S2>  He is best known for painting industrial scenes of northern Britain.