Art of the 20th Century

 

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Juan Gris



 

Juan Gris

 

(b Madrid, 23 March 1887; d Boulogne-sur-Seine, 11 May 1927).

Spanish painter, draughtsman, illustrator and writer, active in France. His artistic career was spent almost exclusively in France, where he was considered one of the leading Cubist painters from 1912 until his death. An artist valued for the depth and consistency of his approach rather than as an innovator, he is recognized for his independent and distinctive approach to Cubism and as one of its most influential later practitioners and theoreticians.