Juan Gris (1887 - 1927)

Juan Gris (born Jose Victoriano Gonzalez) was brought up in Madrid 1887;; in 1906 he fled to France to avoid military conscription, where he joined the circle of avant-garde poets and artists (which included Braque). His first works were post-impressionist still life but he soon eagerly followed the path towards abstraction right behind Picasso and Braque and converted to cubism. Cubism dated back to the beginning of the 20th century, it was a turning point in the modern art and with its different ideals it confused many artists. It was established for a synthetic purpose, so that when an…