Juan Gris

José Victoriano González better known as  Juan Gris (1887 - 1927), was an Spanish cubist painter and sculptor. His works are mainly portraits, still-life oils, and collages, composed of simple forms. Gris was an important pioneer in synthetic cubism.

In 1906 Gris settled in Paris and, with Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, became a leading exponent of synthetic cubism , as seen in Homage to Picasso, (1912). [1]

> At first Gris painted in the analytic style of Cubism, but after 1913 he began his conversion to synthetic Cubism, of which he became a steadfast interpreter. Unlike Picasso and Braque, whose Cubist works were monochromatic, Gris painted with bright harmonious colors in daring, novel combinations in the manner of his friend Henri Matisse. (by Ras Marley)

Gris died at age 40. Gertrude Stein said that for him still-life was a religion.

* Portrait of Picasso.

* Still-life, frutero, mandolina.

* Man-Cafe

## See also[edit]

* Painting Galleries
* Painting Schools

## External links[edit]

* Juan Gris: The Cubist Intellectual
* Juan Gris The Columbia Encyclopedia.