Juan Gris

The artist Juan Gris was a Spanish painter and sculptor born in Madrid who lived and worked in France most of his life. He was among the leaders of the Cubist movement in the early 20th century. Juan Gris began his artistic career as an illustrator. He became influenced by the Cubist paintings of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque after moving to Paris and was hailed as one of the movement's leaders during World War I. Closely connected to the innovative artistic genre Cubism, his works are among the movement's most distinctive.