Juan Gris
Spanish Cubist painter known for bright colors and geometric clarity.
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He lived and worked in France for most of his active period and died of kidney failure in Boulogne-sur-Seine on 11 May 1927.[1][2] The top auction price for a Gris work is $57.1 million for his 1915 painting Nature morte à la nappe à carreaux.[3] Born in Madrid on 23 March 1887, the Spanish painter José Victoriano González-Pérez is more widely recognized by his pseudonym Juan Gris.[1]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- José Victoriano González-Pérez
- Born
- 23 March 1887
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Spain
- Died
- 11 May 1927
- Place of death
- Boulogne-sur-Seine, Paris, France
- Field
- Painting, drawing
- Movement
- Cubism
- Spouse
- Lucie Belin
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Gris' wife Lucie Belin gave birth to their only child Georges Gonzalez-Gris in 1909, and the three lived at the Bateau-Lavoir in Paris from 1909 to 1911.[4] Gris began to paint seriously in 1911, developing a personal Cubist style, and exhibited for the first time at the 1912 Salon des Indépendants.[5] After 1913 Gris began his conversion to Synthetic Cubism, with extensive use of papier collé.[6] Between 1902 and 1904, Gris pursued engineering studies at the Madrid School of Arts and Sciences while also producing drawings for local periodicals.[7]
After liquidating his belongings in 1906, Gris relocated to Paris and formed friendships with poets like Guillaume Apollinaire and Max Jacob, as well as artists including Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, Jean Metzinger, and Pablo Picasso.[8] In 1912, Gris encountered Charlotte Augusta Fernande Herpin, who went by Josette; she later became his second companion and was considered his unofficial wife.[4] For Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, Gris created ballet sets and costumes in 1924.[9] At the Sorbonne in 1924, Gris presented his major lecture Des possibilités de la peinture.[10]
What the cited sources add
Gris and other Cubists began incorporating collage elements such as newspaper and wallpaper into their paintings around this time.[11] After 1918, Gris's work reflects a return to traditional values, subjects, and forms, typical of avant-garde painting after World War I.[11] The Christie's text describes how Gris gave pre-eminence to the violin in Violon et guitare, projecting its neck, scroll and body in three contrasting sections.[12] The same source notes that Gris established new gender roles for the instruments, portraying the violin as female and the guitar as masculine.[12]
References
- Wikipedia, "Juan Gris" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jiménez-Blanco, "José Victoriano González Pérez", Real Academia de la Historia (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Juan Gris" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Green, Oxford Art Online: "Juan Gris" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Juan Gris" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Juan Gris (1887–1927) | Nature morte à la nappe à carreaux | Impressionist & Modern Art Auction | Christie's", Christies.com.cn; "Juan Gris (1887–1927) | Impressionist & Modern Art Auction | Christie's", Christies.com.cn; "Acquisitions of the month: August-September 2018", Apollo Magazine, 3 October 2018 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Juan Gris" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Geoffrey David Schwartz, The Cubist's View of Montmartre: A Stylistic and Contextual Analysis of Juan Gris' Cityscape Imagery, 1911-1912, University of Wisconsi; Christopher Green, et al, Juan Gris: Whitechapel Art Gallery, London [18 September - 29 November 1992; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart 18 December 1992-14 February 1993 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Juan Gris" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Peter Brooke, On "Cubism" in context, online since 2012"; John Richardson: A Life of Picasso, volume II, 1907–1917, The Painter of Modern Life, Jonathan Cape, London, 1996, p. 211.; "Peter Brooke, On "Cubism" in context, online since 2012" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Juan Gris" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Honour, H. and J. Fleming, (2009) A World History of Art. 7th edn. London: Laurence King Publishing, p. 784. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Juan Gris" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gris 1998, p. 124. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Juan Gris" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Juan Gris"; Handbook, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, University of California, 1983, p. 26, 83; Metzinger, Jean, Le Cubisme était né, Souvenirs, Chambéry, Editions Présence, 1972, p. 48; Print Review, Issues 18–20, Pratt Graphics Center, Kennedy Galleries, University of Michigan, 1984, p. 69 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Juan Gris" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Robert Craig Hansen, Scenic and costume design for the Ballets Russes, Issue 30 of Theater and dramatic studies, UMI Research Press, 1 August 1985, p. 86, (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Juan Gris" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Handbook, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, University of California, 1983, p. 26, 83; José Pierre, Cubism, Heron, 1969, p. 135 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Juan Gris". facts only, no text reused. theartstory.org
- "Juan Gris (1887–1927) | Impressionist & Modern Art Auction | Christie's", Christies.com.cn. facts only, no text reused. christies.com.cn
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