Doodle: Juan Gris 125th birthday 23 March 2012
Birth name José Victoriano González-Pérez
Born March 23, 1887
Madrid
Died May 11, 1927 (aged 40)
Boulogne-sur-Seine
Nationality Spanish
Field Painting, Sculpture
José Victoriano (Carmelo Carlos) González-Pérez (March 23, 1887 – May 11, 1927), better known as Juan Gris, was a Spanish painter and sculptor who lived and worked in France most of his life. His works, which are closely connected to the emergence of an innovative artistic genre—Cubism—are among the movement's most distinctive.
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