Juan Gris
- 1. JUAN GRIS Written in English by: Alicia Iglesias, Jaime García, Lucía Serrano
- 2. Signature of Juan Gris:
- 3. Juan Gris had 14 brothers.
- 4. In his adolescence In his adolescence, Spanish painter Juan Gris studied painting for two years. In 1910 he made the decision to focus on his work as a painter. himself to painting. He just painted in a Cubist style, in those years it was what was fashionable.
- 5. 1906-1916 In 1906, to avoid the militia and to get to know artistic life, he moved to Paris where he met Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger and Georges Braque. He lived in a hostel, in the Montmartre for about ten years.
- 6. Portrait he made of his friend Picasso The portrait of Pablo Picasso shows Picasso, 31, in a sitting position, holding a palette. The composition, of earthy colors, shows a relatively symmetrical and orderly figure, where you can see the features of the protagonist, typical of the first epochs of Cubism, or Analytical Cubism. This is unlike later stages, when his works are more chaotic and disorganized .
- 7. Distanced from Picasso After a few years of close connection, Juan Gris and Picasso distanced from each other, both artistically and personally.
- 8. In his early years in Paris he worked drawing for L'Assiette au Beurre, founded by Samuel Schwarz, whose first issue appeared on April 4, 1901. Le Cri de Paris, which is a French political and satirical newspaper where Juan gris also worked as an illustrator, and was founded by Alexandre Natanson, disappeared in June 1940. His work in 1909
- 9. Journals illustrated by Juan Gris L’Assiette au Beurre Le Cri de Paris
- 10. 1911 Seeing that their relationship was not going well, they got divorced and sent their son to Spain with his family. JUAN GRIS LUCÍA BELIN GEORGE
- 11. Other paintings Portrait of Germaine Raynal (1912), by Juan Gris
- 12. The music table The coffee grinder Portrait of Picasso Bottles and knife the decomposed reality in cubism
- 13. 1912 In 1912, he met Fernanda Herpin, called Josette, who would be the woman with whom he would live until his death.
- 14. Juan Gris was the undisputed master of Synthetic Cubism, a term coined by the artist himself. With this painting he introduced the method into cubist praxis; the shapes are imbricated following a clear and regular structure. The flat character of the painting coexists with the individualized shading of some objects, and the color, which he never abandoned, creates visual rhythms and harmonies of undoubted elegance. Master of Cubism
- 15. In his last years Juan Gris deteriorates progressively, as he was suffering from severe asthmatic crises, and severe attacks of uremia. Both his friends and colleagues accompany him in this battle against his disease, but he passes away at the age of 40,
- 16. In his last years He died of tuberculosis on May 11, 1927, in Boulogne-sur-Seine (France). He was buried on May 13, 1927 in the cemetery of Boulogne-sur Seine (France). His son George, Pablo Picasso and other artists attended the funeral. .