
Juan Gris (1887 - 1927)
Juan Gris (1887-1927), whose real name was José Victoriano Gonzalez was born on March 23, 1887 in Madrid, Spain. Gris studied mechanical drawing at the Escuela de Artes y Manufacturas in Madrid from 1902 to 1904. During this time he contributed drawings to local periodicals. From 1904 to 1905 he studied painting with the academic artist José Maria Carbonero.
In 1906 he moved to Paris and became friends with Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, and Amedeo Modigliani.
While he...
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