7 Cubism Paintings of Juan Gris

On a day like today, Spanish painter and sculptor Juan Gris was born.

March 23, 1887.

José Victoriano González-Pérez (March 23, 1887 — May 11, 1927), known as Juan Gris, was a Spanish painter and sculptor born in Madrid who lived and worked in France most of his life.

He was closely connected to the innovative artistic genre Cubism. His works are among the movement’s most distinctive.

Juan Legua, 1911, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Juan Legua, 1911, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Juan Gris, September 1916, Woman with Mandolin, after Corot (La femme à la mandoline, d’après Corot).

Oil on canvas, 92 x 60 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel

Juan Gris, September 1916, Woman with Mandolin, after Corot (La femme à la mandoline, d’après Corot), oil on canvas, 92 x 60 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel.

Violin and Checkerboard, 1913, Private collection.

Violin and Checkerboard, 1913, Private collection.

Juan Gris, 1915, Still Life before an Open Window, Place Ravignan.

Oil on canvas, 115.9 x 88.9 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Juan Gris, 1915, Still Life before an Open Window, Place Ravignan, oil on canvas, 115.9 x 88.9 cm.

Fantômas, 1915, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Fantômas, 1915, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Juan Gris’s Cubist still-life “Nature Morte a la Nappe a Carreaux” sold for 34.8 million GBP at a London sale on February 4, smashing the auction record for the Spanish artist.

This picture was taken on January 30, 2014, a gallery assistant looks at Juan Gris’s “Nature mort a la nappe a Carreaux” (1915) during a press call for the “Impressionist, Modern and Surrealist Art” sale at Christie’s auction house in London.