juan gris

Gris, born in Spain, 1887, studied art alongside the artist Jos'e maria Carbonero. in 1906 he moved to Paris and became friends with Georges Braque, Henri Matisse, Fernand Leger, and in 1915 was painted by hes friend Amedeo Modigliani.

in Paris he followed another friend and fellow artist, Pablo Picasso. his portrait of Pablo Picasso in 1912 was a significant early cubist painting done by a painter other than Picasso and Braques. although he submitted humorous illustrations to journals, Gris began to paint properly in 1910. by 1912 he developed a personal unique cubist style. at first painted in the analytical cubist style but in 1915, began hes conversion to synthetic cubism. unlike Picasso and Braques whose work was unnaturally alike, Gris liked to use bright colors. major Gris exhibitions were held in the gallery Simone in Paris. although he regarded Picasso as a teacher, Gertrude Stein said that Gris, "was the one person Picasso would willingly wipe of the map".