Juan Gris

1887–1927

Juan Gris, ‘Bottle of Rum and Newspaper’ 1913–14 — Bottle of Rum and Newspaper 1913–14
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Biography

José Victoriano (Carmelo Carlos) González-Pérez (23 March 1887 – 11 May 1927), better known as Juan Gris (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈɡɾis]; French: [gʀi]), was a Spanish painter born in Madrid who lived and worked in France most of his life. Closely connected to the innovative artistic genre Cubism, his works are among the movement's most distinctive.

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Artworks

Juan Gris, ‘Bottle of Rum and Newspaper’ 1913–14

Juan Gris Bottle of Rum and Newspaper

1913–14

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Juan Gris, ‘The Sunblind’ 1914

Juan Gris The Sunblind

1914

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Juan Gris, ‘Still Life with Guitar’ 1924

Juan Gris Still Life with Guitar

1924

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Juan Gris, ‘Overlooking the Bay’ 1921

Juan Gris Overlooking the Bay

1921

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Juan Gris, ‘Violin and Fruit-Dish’ 1924

Juan Gris Violin and Fruit-Dish

1924

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Juan Gris, ‘Bowl of Fruit’ 1924

Juan Gris Bowl of Fruit

1924

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Juan Gris, ‘Guitar and Music Book’ 1923

Juan Gris Guitar and Music Book

1923

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Juan Gris, ‘Pierrot with Book’ 1924

Juan Gris Pierrot with Book

1924

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Features

Georges Braque, ‘Glass on a Table’ 1909–10

Analytical cubism

The term analytical cubism describes the early phase of cubism, generally considered to run from 1908–12, characterised by a fragmentary ...

Chalk

Chalk is a soft powdery white or off-white writing or drawing material in crayon form, generally used on a blackboard ...

Juan Gris, ‘The Sunblind’ 1914

Synthetic cubism

Synthetic cubism is the later phase of cubism, generally considered to run from about 1912 to 1914, characterised by simpler ...

Amédée Ozenfant, ‘Glasses and Bottles’ c.1922–6

Purism

Purism was a movement formed around 1918 which proposed a kind of painting in which objects are represented as powerful ...

Pablo Picasso, ‘Bowl of Fruit, Violin and Bottle’ 1914

Cubism

Cubism was a revolutionary new approach to representing reality invented in around 1907–08 by artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque ...

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