Juan Gris

1887–1927

Juan Gris, ‘Coffee Mill’ 1924
Coffee Mill 1924
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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 for most of his active period. Closely connected to the innovative artistic genre Cubism, his works are among the movement's most distinctive.

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Analytical cubism

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    Chalk

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  • 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 …

  • 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

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  • 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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