Juan Gris nació en Madrid en 1887. En 1904 comienza a estudiar arte en Madrid y a la edad de 19 años se traslada a París y fue a parar al bateau-lavoir, donde vivía Picasso, Apollinaire y muchos más de los que iban a ser grandes artistas y poetas o majestuosos fracasos…
En 1911 trabó amistad con Braque y Picasso y se intereso por el cubismo que estos iban ya desarrollando. Podría decir que Juan Gris llevó el cubismo a un nivel mas intelectual, a una representación mas geométrica, pero no, lo que diré es que el cubismo lo asimiló y utilizó la formula picassiana-braqísta y luego pintó a sus anchas desarrollando un estilo propio.
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Juan Gris was born in Madrid in 1887. In 1904 he enrolls in art classes and at the age of 19 he moves to Paris. There he ends up at the bateau-lavoir where Picasso, Apollinaire and many of the young artists and poets to be…or not to be…lived.
In 1911 he makes friends with Braque and Picasso and becomes interested in the Cubism they are developing. I guess I could say that Juan Gris took Cubism to a more intellectual level, or to a more geometric representation, but I won’t. I will say that he used the formula that Picasso and Braque had developed and painted at will, developing in this manner his own style.
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Gracias…
Cheers…
JaZzArt en València 
Un buen comienzo de domingo con Juan Gris, para estas mañanas que casi no querrias oir mundo.. Buen día.
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De acuerdo Azurea, gracias y bon dia.
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I love that this artist took a recognized style and added his own touches and flair to make it unique from his predecessors. He was not happy to just copy the established masters. He expanded the style, through practice and learning, to resemble cubism but with elements that makes the art uniquely recognizable. Great post, my brother!
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Yes, you are so right Brad, and after all that is what art, in its many different forms, is all about, the search, the discovery and the assimilation of the established to create something new. Thank you and all the best my friend!
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always adjusting and adapting the old into new
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Yes, that is true Beth.
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I love his art. To bad more of you don’t wear hats like that anymore.
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Yes that was some kind of fashion, elegance…
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Agreed. Ball caps just do not look as elegant as you put it.
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No, they are not as elegant, nowhere near, but I love them! 🧢
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I have several myself.
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So do I, my favourite one I got in New Orleans and it is green with a red crawfish 🦞
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Less impressed here with the art than that of Picasso. Am I out of line to ask if you composed [and performed] the accompaniment? Reminds me of Joaquin Rodrigo a sentimental favorite of mine.
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I agree, not impressed at all by Dali’s cubist efforts. Yes, I did compose it, mostly improvisation, and played it. Thank you so much my friend!
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Sorry Espie, I meant Juan Gris, not Dalí. Cheers.
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